In Soviet period lived on sight-disability pension and reselling of rare books and Western music records.

[1] The debut film Alchemy, made by Barysas and his class-mates, won a prise of Moscow festival of amateur filmmakers.

The position of official amateur allowed to evade censure, but at the same time to reach an audience in regular festivals all over USSR.

Thus the Barysas' film He is wanted shows hippies, transvestite and nude scenes and Her love tells about gerontophilic relations, all of which was not allowed in Soviet professional movies.

After the end of Soviet era, with popularisation of video-cameras, Barysas left the filmmaking and switched to music career in post-punk band I.V.T.K.Y.G.Y.G..