Konstantin Smirnov was born in 1982. He graduated from the Moscow State University (MSU), in the psychology department. Later, Konstantin graduated from the directorial faculty of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). Konstatin Smirnov is currently pursuing his profession as a director of fiction films and documentaries. He is also the author of Alive (2006) and The Puzzle of Sad Stringer (2007). The latter was introduced at the 24th International Hamburg Short Films Festival (Germany), Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival 2008 (Serbia), 8th International Cinemadre Film Festival (Italy), the 18th Festival of Fiction Films Flaetrina, among others.