Vladimir Persov was born on 4 December 1945 in the village of Sobolevo in Bolsheretsky district of Khabarovsk area. He graduated from the Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Electro Technological Institute for Telecommunications (LEIS) in 1981.

Since 1969 at Lenfilm: technician servicing sound equipment, assistant to the sound engineer, sound engineer, executive producer for Sokurov's groups "Northern Foundation" and "Bereg". Sound operator for over 30 films made in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) studios.

In 1988 he released a record "Lonely Voice of a Person" - original soundtrack for Sokurov's films. In 1994 after the film "Whispering Pages" he released a record and a CD under the same title.

Sound Operator for the following films of Sokurov:

Documentary:
1979-1989 – "Sonata dlya Gitlera" (Sonata for Hitler)
1986-1988 – "Moskovskaya Elegia" (Moscow Elegy) (with A. Pugatcheva, M. Podtakuy)
1990 – "Peterburgskaya Elegia" (Petersburg Elegy)
1989 – "Sovetskaya Elegia" (Soviet Elegy)
1990 – "K sobytiyam v Zakavkazye" (To the Events in the Transcaucasian Region. Leningrad Documentary Chronicles. Newsreel No. 5. Special issue)
1990 – "Prostaya Elegia" (Simple Elegy)
1990 – "Leningradskaya retrospectiva" (Leningrad Retrospective) (1957-1990)
1991 – "Primer Intonatsii" (An Example of an Intonation)
1992 – "Elegia iz Rossii" (An Elegy from Russia)
1996 – "Rober. Schastlivaya Zhizn" (Robert. A Fortunate Life)
1998 – "Besedy s Solzhenitsynym" (The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn) (with S. Moshkov)

Feature films:
1978-1987 – "Odinoky Golos Cheloveka" (The Lonely Voice of a Man) (with I. Zhuravlyova - 1978)
1983-1987 "Skorbnoe Beschustvie" (Painful Indifference. "ANAESTESIA PSYCHICA DOLOROSA")
1986 – "Ampir" (Empire) (with K. Kuzmin)
1988 – "Dni Zatmeniya" (Days of the Eclipse)
1989 – "Spasi i Sohrani" (Save and Protect)
1990 – "Krug Vtoroi" (Second Circle)
1992 – "Kamen" (Stone)
1993 – "Tikhie Stranitsy" (Whispering Pages)
1996 – "Mat' i Syn" (Mother and Son)
1999 – "Moloch" (with S. Moshkov)
2002 – "Russian Ark" (with S. Moshkov)

Prizes and Awards:

1988. Nika Award for the Best Sound in the Film "Dni Zatmeniya" (Days of the Eclipse).
1988. Volk Award for the Best Sound in Lenfilm Studio in the Film "Dni Zatmeniya" (Days of the Eclipse).
1992. Volk Award for the Best Sound in Lenfilm Studio in the Film "Kamen" (Stone).
1997. Volk Award for the Best Sound in Lenfilm Studio in the Film "Mat' i Syn" (Mother and Son).