Born in 1958 in Leningrad, Burov studied at VGIK (the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography) in Moscow, graduating in 1981 with a specialization in cinematography. Between 1985 and 1989 he has worked at the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio (LSDF); since 1989 he has worked as a cinematographer at Lenfilm Studios, where he has lensed many films by Alexander Sokurov.

FILMOGRAPHY (as director of photography)
2005	Italianets (The Italian)
2003	Otets i Syn (Father and Son)
2000	Svad’ba (The Wedding)
1998	Serebryanye Golovy (Silver Heads)
1995	Vechnyi Ogon’ (Eternal Flame)
1993	Tikhiye Stranitsy (Whispering Pages)
1992	Kamen’ (Stone)
1991	Papa, Umer Ded Moroz (Papa, Father Frost Is Dead)
1990	Prostaya Elegiya (Simple Elegy)
1990	Krug Vtoroi (The Second Circle)
1989	Peterburgskaya Elegiya (Petersburg Elegy)
1986	Moskovskaya Elegiya (Moscow Elegy)