- Also directs ballet productions, theaters, and operas.
- Father was a political dissident who spent 18 years in the KGB prison.
- Was brought to the US through the program International Institute of Human Rights as a political refugee from the USSR. He also received a green card immediately.
- Found his leading lady for Camera Obscura, the Spanish actress Ariadna Gil, in a video store called Video Journey, where he asked for recommendations for European actresses. He was given a copy of 'Belle Epoque' with special instruction to pay attention to Ariadna Gil.
- Graduated from the American Film Institute (AFI) in 1996 with a MFA in directing.
- Left the USSR in 1990 and found refuge in Hollywood.
- His thesis film at Columbia College/Hollywood won first place at a campus film festival and has been added to the permanent collection at the Guggenheim Museum.
- Attended the Institute of Theater, Music, and Drama in then-Leningrad, USSR.
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