- He fought in the Russian army during World War I, was wounded, and spent three years in a German POW camp.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 902-908. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
- His cinematographer Anatoli Golovnya (Mother (1926)) later taught the Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) helmer Mikhail Vartanov at the legendary Russian film school VGIK.
- Attended the Russian State Film School under Vladimir Gardin. Subsequently worked for Lev Kuleshov as assistant director, writer and actor (usually in the part of the villain). His most creative period as a director was between 1926 and 1928.
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