Member of the Union of artists of the USSR. People's artist of the RSFSR (1980). Winner of the Lenin prize. He graduated from the art faculty of VGIK (1953, student of F. Bogorodsky, Y. Pimenov, G. Segala). In film since 1957.
Nar. hood. Of the RSFSR (1980). A participant of the war. He graduated from the VGIK (1953). From 1954 worked at K-art "Mosfilm". Issued K.-f. "An avalanche from the mountains" (1959), "Probation" (1960), "Alenka" (1962), "Big road" (1963), "I step through Moscow" (1964), "Liberation" (1970-77), "Choice of target" (1976), "snow White Russia" (1980), etc. winner of the Len. St. (1972).