Oleg Galitsky was born in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow University of economics, statistics and Informatics, worked in advertising agencies. Graduated from VGIK (class of Valery Ahadov) as a live-action film director. While at VGIK he shot two movies «Sentence» (2009), «Merry-Go-Round» (2011), «The Plane» (2015) and documentary «Wilfred and Alexandra» (2018).