While working for Kino-Nedelya he met his future wife, the film director and editor, Elizaveta Svilova, who at the time was working as an editor at Goskino.
Sementara bekerja untuk Kino-Nedelya, ia bertemu calon istrinya, seorang sutradara film dan editor, Elizaveta Svilova; yang pada waktu itu bekerja sebagai editor di Goskino.