Nar. hood. Of the RSFSR (1962). A member of the CPSU from 1964. He graduated from the VGIK (1952). From 1952 he worked on the Mosquito. K.-St. im.Gorky. Participated in the formulation of K.-f. "Chuk and GEK" (1953, Ikonnikova L.), "lights on the river" (1954), Quiet flows the don (1957-58), "the Blue notebook" (1964), "First snow" (1965), "mother's Heart" (1966) and "loyalty to the mother" (1967), "Three days of Viktor Chernyshev" (1968), "Live till Monday" (1968), "Last chance" (1979), "Youth of Peter" and "At the beginning of the glorious deeds" (both from 1981, with A. Popov and I. Keller), t-f. "Seventeen moments of spring" (12 episodes, 1976) etc.
He was born and died in Moscow.
1939-Graduated from Moscow regional art school of memory of 1905. He studied at the P. I. Petrovichev, N. P.Krymov, A. M. Gritsai
1951 Graduated from all-Union state Institute of cinematography. He studied at F. S. Bogorodsky, Y. Pimenov, I., G. M. Segala.
Began working at the Central Studio of children's and youth films named after M. Gorky
1955 for the First time participated in exhibitions
1956 became a member of the Union of artists of the USSR
1969 Awarded the title of honored artist of the RSFSR
1970 Awarded the USSR State prize for the film "Live till Monday"
1976 Awarded the State prize of the RSFSR behalf of the Vasilyev brothers for the movie "Seventeen moments of spring".
Awarded the order of the October revolution
1982 Awarded the title of people's artist of the RSFSR
1986 solo exhibition was Held
The Laureate Of The State. prize of the USSR (1970, for the film "Live till Monday"); the laureate of the State. prize of the RSFSR Vasiliev brothers (1976, for the TV series "Seventeen moments of spring").