In 1928 he graduated from the VKHUTEMAS, in 1928 the BOOM. In 1927 he enrolled at the Studio "Mirab-popfilm". His creative work in film began as an assistant animator, then. since 1931 the artistic Director. With the participation of Butovoj films: "Nastenka Ustinova" (1934, with S. Isakov and N. Makarova), "chance meeting" (1936), "Duma about the Cossack Golota" (1937), "High reward" (1939), "Battle Falcon" (1942, together with I. Stepanov), "Lermontov" (1943, together with Kozlovsky, V. Egorov, K. Efimov), "Belarusian concert" (1944, with S. Nikolaev), "We from the Urals" (1944), "the first Grader" (1948), film-performance "the wise man stumbles" (1952), "Soldier Ivan Brovkin" (1955), "hands" (1956, with M. Gorelik), "Wedding Krechinsky" (1953).