Alexey was born on January 29, 1966 in Moscow. He graduated from the Department of Camera at the All-Union State Institute for Cinematography (VGIK - Studio of A. V. Galperin).

Worked as a documentary chronicle camera operator for television (Moscow).

Photography Director in the following Sokurov's Films:

1995 – "Dukhovnye Golosa. (Spiritual Voices. From the War Diaries. Narrative in Five Parts) (with A. Burov)
1996 – "Vostochnaya Elegia" (Oriental Elegy)
1996 – "Rober. Schastlivaya Zhizn" (Robert. A Fortunate Life)
1997 – "Smirennaya Zhizn" (A Humble Life)
1997 – "Otkrytie Pamjatnika Dostoevskomu" (The St.Petersburg Diary: Inauguration of a Monument to Dostoevsky)
1996 – "Mat i Syn" (Mother and Son)
1998 – "Kvartira Kosintseva" (Kosintsev's Apartment from the series "The St.Petersburg Diary")
1998 – "Povinnost", (From the diaries of a captain, 5 parts)
1998 – «Александр Сокуров. Календарь одного поколения» (ТВ–сериал, с М. Тарасюгиным)
1999 – "Moloch" (with A. Rodionov)

Prizes and Awards:

1997. 20th MMKF (Moscow International Film Festival). Kodak Prize for the Best Debut - Camera in "Mat' I Syn" (Mother and Son).
1997. Lenfilm Studio. Prize Bronze Horseman for the Film "Mat' i Syn" (Mother and Son).
1997. Ovsyannikov Prize of Artistic Support at the Festival of Festival in St. Petersburg for the Film "Mat' i Syn" (Mother and Son).
1999. Zolotoy Oven National Prize for the Best Camera in the Film "Moloch".