His education in scriptwriting was with the faculty of VGIK (now known as the State Cinematography University).

He was awarded the 2003 special prize of the "Eurasian Kaleidoscope" Documentary Film Competition.

In addition to comedies and avant garde plays, he wrote historical dramas.

In 1992 he founded the "Echo of the Caucasus" Publishing House in Moscow and became its editor-in-chief (for the magazine of the same name and books on Caucasian culture and folklore).

He gained literary popularity from his book Imam Shamil in series "The Lives of Remarkable People" ("Molodaya gvardiya" Press, Moscow).