In 1995 he graduated from Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, international department of the faculty of journalism, specialty - international journalist on TV.
In 1992, he studied as an exchange student at Wake Forest University (North Carolina, USA), where he took a course in History of World Cinema.
In 2008, he completed an intensive advanced training course for screenwriters and directors A.N. Mitty.
Worked as a journalist on TV (TV channels MTK, TVC, Russia-1), as well as in the field of advertising and public relations.
Scriptwriter of a series of historical documentaries for the Russia-1 channel.
In 2022, Natalia Merkulova and Alexei Chupov left Russia and went to Baku (Azerbaijan), where they plan to create a film school.
