People's Artist of Ukraine (1983). He graduated from the acting department of the Kharkov Theater Institute (1950), then the directing department of the same institute (1953). He worked as a theater director. Since 1957 - director, screenwriter, actor of the Kyiv Film Studio named after A. Dovzhenko. Author of a number of film publications, teacher at KGITI named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary. Since 1969 - Secretary of the Board of the Investigative Committee of Ukraine.