He is best known for producing, directing, and writing the screenplay for the 1982 cult film Liquid Sky.

[2] He also directed the 2004 documentary Stalin's Wife (about Nadezhda Alliluyeva) and the 2008 film Perestroika.

[3] Today, he resides in New York City with his wife and producing partner Nina Kerova.

[4] Lead actress Anne Carlisle would be returning in the sequel in the role of Margaret.

[4] In the 1960s he studied at the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (MISI), where he began creating.