 From 1996-1999 he worked at the studio Pozitiv TV.In 1999 he completed his short film "At the Ends of the Earth", which was aggressively pushed around the film festival circuit by the French distributor Folimage, eventually gathering nearly 70 awards.Since 1999 he has worked at Melnitsa Animation Studio, where he served as art director in the projects "Adventures in Emerald City" (1999–2000) and "Little Longnose" (2003).