Sergei Ryabov was born in 1977 in Schelkovo, Russian Federation.

In 1995 Ryabov has finished the Moscow Art-College and has received the first profession—artist-jeweller.

From 1995–2001 he studied in the Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (the studio of Sergey Alimov) where has made an animation student's project Home Alone (2.5 min.).

Having defended the diploma (Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi), he had worked as an animator for some years in different studios of Moscow.

In 2006 Sergei Ryabov created at home the animation stand, on which he has shot a first film Rybka independently.