After finishing Dobele secondary school, studied Latvian language and literature at the University of Latvia (1955-1957). After graduating from the University worked as a reporter at the newspaper"Padomju Jaunatne" (Soviet Youth). His debut as a film director was in 1963 with the documentary short "The City Takes Wing" made at Latvian TV and the documentary "The Shore" accomplished the same year at Riga Film Studio.
He has made documentaries and newsreels at the film studio and TV - they are marked by their poetic perception of life, meaningful details, philosophical generalisations.
