Elena Petkevich is a director, screenwriter, production designer, animator. In 1974 she received a diploma in architecture. In 1986 she graduated from the Higher Courses of Screenwriters and Directors (masters F.S. Khitruk and Y.B. Norstein). She collaborated with the Sverdlovsk Film Studio, Soyuzmultfilm. Since 1990 he has been working at the Belarusfilm Film Studio.