Education
In 1966 he completed his second higher education degree at the Academy of Cinema in Moscow (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography), training as a film director
In 1966 he completed his second higher education degree at the Academy of Cinema in Moscow (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography), training as a film director
Shulman"s first profession was engineering. From 1963 to 1973 he worked as one of the creators of a popular documentary series called Film-Adventurer"s Almanac (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) (artistic director Vladimir A Shnejderov). He is the writer of more than forty documentary films, five feature film scripts, plus a host of literary and publicistic works, published in many countries worldwide.
He has led film expeditions into the most distant corners of the planet—from the North Pole, to the summits of Pamir, the jungles of Africa, the islands of Oceania, and the deserts of Australia.
He has worked at film studios in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Yugoslavia, Germany, United States of America, Italy and Australia, and has been awarded the Order of Soviet Journalists of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. His public appearances always attract a large student crowd in the auditoriums of Italy, England, Germany, Australia and the United States of America. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. 1964 First Prize of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Journalists at the All-National Film-Festival for the documentary film In Broad Daylight (Izvestia, Moscow, 10 August 1964).
He is a presidium member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio, a member of the Russian Cinematographers Union and Russian Film Directors Guild, a member of the Russian Writers" Union, a member of the Australian Writers" Guild, and a Professor at the Italian State University.