Svetlana Stasenko graduated (with honours) from the Journalism Department of Moscow State University and completed the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors. She works both as a fiction and non-fiction scriptwriter and film director.
Svetlana collaborated with the following companies:Debut (Mosfilm), NETSKI, Rock TPO, Khorosho-Production, Risk, Karo, Forward, RWS, Ethnofund, Passazhir, Mamakiproduction and others. She is a member of the Russian Union of Cinematographers and the Directors Guild of Russia, full member of the International Academy of Television and Radio, winner of Russian and international film festivals.