Yuri Gavrilov was born in the city of Moscow May the 4th, 1987. For a while, he wanted to become a doctor, but then, he joined his school drama club, that kick started his artistic ambitions. After graduating school, he took acting classes in Moscow University Of economics & Culture. Later, he took editing and script writing classes in VGIK (Russian Film Institute). As for now, he is an independent filmmaker, who shot numerous shorts and now - has moved on to a full-feature - Mindeath (A.K.A. - Uborshitsa) featuring Anna Troyanskaya. .