Boris Akopov was born in 1985 in Moscow. in 2003 he graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. worked in the Bolshoi Theatre, the Kremlin Ballet Theatre, the Classical Ballet Theater of N. Kasatkina and V. Vasilev. in 2017 he graduated from the directing department of VGIK (workshop of A. Eshpai and V. Fenchenko). his short film "Paradise" (2016) was recognized as the best thesis work at the international VGIK festival. the full-length debut "Bull" (2019) received the main prize of the "Kinotavr", the main prize of the Film Festival in Karlovy Vary in the program "East of the West", 4 Golden Eagle awards and other awards.