I am Emmy nominated producer/director. I am also, as quoted by Global Voices, a "veteran war reporter". I was born and raised in Uzbekistan, I live in the UK for the last 20 years.

For the last twi years I was mainly concentrating on Ukraine and I produced and directed “Ukraine's Stolen Children” (Renegade Stories for ITV,2023) and “Children of Ukraine” (renegade Stories for ITV 2022). I am also one of the producers of “Freedom on Fire” (2022), story of Ukrainian fight for freedom since Maidan revolution, directed by Oscar nominated Evgeny Afineevsky.

My film "EXILED" (2018) is the full story of the genocide of Rohingya in Myanmar since 1978. This is the only film made so far which features the mastermind of the genocidal policies against Rohingya and victims of these policies.

I was news and current affairs producer/reporter with BBC (UK) and RFE/RL (Czech Republic). I'veproduced a number of documentary films, two of which wonmajor prizes. Airport Donetsk, the story of the epic battle for DonetskAirport in Eastern Ukraine, won Best Documentary at Artdocfest,2015. How to Plan A Revolution, which followed the fight of young opposition leaders in Azerbaijan against an autocratic regime, won the Prix Europa for best current affairs television program in 2006. Before EXIED, I co-produced Cries From Syria, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.

I am a recipient ofCourage Under Fire Award by the International Documentary Association.

I am more known for my BBC Panorama feature My Fake Passports And Me, an investigation into passport forgery in Europe (https://vimeo.com/44804266)