Born in 1950 in the village of Zhurov in Ivano-Frankovsk
region. In 1972 graduated from the Leningrad State
University as a philologist. Chief specialist at the
Cinema Museum in Moscow. Wrote several nonfeature
films. Directed documentaries «Boris
Pasternak. Choice of the Path» (2008) and «The
Melody Becomes a Flower… Georgy Ivanov» (2010).