He studied art at VGIK (state institute of cinema and TV) and was a disciple of Yuriy Norshteyn at Moscow's Advanced School for Screenwriters and Directors.

Technically impressive, the film is made entirely in pastel oil paintings on glass, a technique mastered by only a handful of animators in the world.

[2] After this, Aleksandr Petrov has maintained a close relationship with Pascal Blais Studio in Canada, which helped fund The Old Man and the Sea, where he works on commercials.

[7] In July 2016, Petrov sat on the board of directors for the International Film Festival of Poetic Animation held in Pergola, Italy.

In July 2020, Petrov told reporters that he had started pre-production work on a 60-minute biographical film called Knyaz about Alexander Nevsky, which would be released in 2025.