I was was born and grew up in Donbass (USSR, then Ukraine) in a simple family. My father was a miner and mother's a pastry engineer. After school I studied piano performing arts in Donetsk State Musical College. At the age of 18, I moved to the city of Saint-Petersburg, Russia to study acting. I graduated from Russian State Institute of Performing Arts in 2002. I performed in Russian TV series and movies. Also I perform on stage at KTM theatre in Saint-Petersburg for the last 18 years. In 2023-2024 I studied filmmaking in Moscow independent film school TheOneFilm. The short film "Portrait" is my debut as a screenwriter and director. From 2024 I became a student of High School of directors and screenwriters in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.