Background
He was born on October 10, 1935, in Khokhol village, Voronezh region, Russian Federation.
Actor director producer screenwriter
He was born on October 10, 1935, in Khokhol village, Voronezh region, Russian Federation.
He graduated from the Moscow Theater School named after M. Schepkin (1960, V. N. Pashennoy course), State Institute of Theatrical Art named after A.V. Lunacharsky (1964), Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors Goskino USSR (1966).
Artist of the Voronezh Drama Theater (1953-1954).
Director of the studio "Mosfilm" (since 1966).
He put on more than 25 artistic, documentary and television programs, including “The Sea Smiled” (1975), “Singing Russia” (1985, about M.Ye. Pyatnitsky), “Artists” (1992), “Boulevard Romance” (1994 ), “At the dawn of the foggy youth” (1996, based on the novel by V. Korablinov “The Life of Koltsov”), “We must live again” (1999, based on the works of A. Platonov), “Repentant Love” (2003), “On the River Devitsa” (2006).
Artistic Director of the People's Film Festival of Russia (Voronezh, 2000-2003), founder and artistic director of the film studio “Donfilm” (since 2000).