Participated in the Civil War (1918-1921), worked as ambassador of the Ukrainian SSR in Poland (until 1924). In 1923 he graduated from the screen department of the Higher Courses of Cinema in Warsaw. Played at the Kiev theater under the direction of P.Saksaganskiy (1917). Worked in cinema since 1923.
Loneliness
Viy
Hiding at the Bottom of the Sea
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
Quiet Flows the Don
The Lost Letter
The Diplomatic Pouch
Oktyabryuhov and Dekabryuhov
Ukrainian Rhapsody
Love's Berries
The Self-Seeker
Bread
Vasya, the Reformer
Rich Bride
The Tale of Malchish-Kibalchish
Forest People
A Great Road Ahead
Journey into April
Kiev Resident
Lyuboy tsenoy
