- Beginning in 1992 he was also working as an educator at VGIK where he served as the head of the Screenwriting Faculty until his death.
- Mother belonged to the Greek diaspora of Crimea.
- Mother studied directing at VGIK under Sergei Eisenstein, and later worked at the Gorky Film Studio as an assistant director and a dubbing director.
- Author of several novels, including Big-Beat (2003), Wonder (2009), Orlean (2011) and A Butterfly Encounter (2014), as well as a number of poetry books.
- He was an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999).
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