Director. Born in 1976. He graduated from the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia and studied at the St. Petersburg School of New Cinema (in Edgar Bartenev’s workshop) from 2018 to 2020. His documentaries—*Do You Like Carp?* (2020), *I Don’t Want to Leave* (2022), and *To Russia on Foot, or "How to Finish a Film"* (2023)—have been screened at festivals such as Doker, Saratov Sufferings, and Made in St. Petersburg. *I Don’t Want to Leave* won the top prize in the "Saratov – Open City" program.
