Born September 5, 1964 in the city of Baranovitchi, in Belarus. Later his family moved to Kiev, Ukraine. In 1987 he graduated from Kiev Polytechnic Institute with a degree in engineering and mathematics. From 1987 through 1991 Sergei was employed as a scientist at the Institute of Cybernetics. In addition to his main job, Sergey worked as a translator from Japanese. In 1997, graduated with honors from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography in movie production and direction. In 2001 Sergei moved with his wife and two daughters to Germany. He has made 1 feature and 11 documentary films: Today We Are Going to Build a House (1996, w/Marat Magambetov, Russia 1996, 28min); Life, Autumn (w/Marat Magambetov, Russia 1998, 34min); The Train Stop (Russia 2000, 25min); Settlement (Russia 2001, 80min); Potrait (Russia 2002, 28min); Landscape (Russia, Germany 2003, 60min); Factory (Russia 2004, 30min); Blockade (Russia 2005, 52min); Artel (Russia 2006, 30min); Northern Light (France 2008, 52min); Revue (Germany, Russia 2008, 83min); My Joy (Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands 2010, 127min, feature).
Germany