Seemingly endless grasslands, wild tulips, steppe eagles hunting, a magic circle of seasons with winters at -40 and summers at +40 degrees Celsius. It is the setting for the director's happy childhood on a tiny Soviet military base in the Southern Ural Mountains. Only decades later does she learn about the terrible nuclear testing at the military training ground at Totsk in which her father participated as a lieutenant of the Red Army.
Born in Russia, grew up in Ukraine, since 2000 lives in Germany;
animator at the UKRAINAFILM film studio;
engagement in over 20 films;
since 2000 animator and background artist at German animation studios;
in 2007 founded the studio Allanimation with Dmitri Popov
Filmography
1996 E=mc2
2001 Passion fatale
2003 Die Eisbaderin
2008 Für Mathilde
2011 Frosch, Hase und das rote Telefon
2012 Emilie
2013 Nikozi
2015 Eine kleine Dickmadam