Biography

"I am an award winning producer/director. Born and raised in Uzbekistan, I have lived in the UK for the last 20 years. I was a news and current affairs producer/reporter with the BBC (UK) and RFE/RL (Czech Republic). I've produced a number of documentary films, two of which won major prizes; 'Airport Donetsk', the story of the epic battle for Donetsk Airport in Eastern Ukraine, won Best Documentary at Artdocfest 2015, and 'How to Plan A Revolution', which followed the fight of young opposition leaders in Azerbaijan against an autocratic regime, wonthe Prix Europa for best current affairs television program in 2006. Lately, I co-produced Cries From Syria, directed by Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky, I have reported. from Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Turkey, and Somalia as well as across the Caucasus, Ukraine and Central Asia. I am more known for my BBC Panorama feature 'My Fake Passports And Me', an investigation into passport forgery in Europe."