[1][2] Born in Tsybuliv, a village in the Uman Raion district, after graduating from the Leningrad Infantry School he fought in the Eastern Front of World War II.

[2] After the war he graduated in history at the Kirov Pedagogical Institute (today Vyatka State University), and later studied directing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and worked as an assistant of Alexander Zarkhi.

[2] The feature film debut he co-directed with Shamsi Kiamov, Moi Drug Navrusov ("My Friend Navrusov") was censored and never screened because of its criticism of Soviet bureaucracy.

[2] Litus died in Kirovohrad Oblast on 21 February 2022, at the age of 97.

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