Born in 1951 in Leningrad, Zertsalov has been a part of the now privatized Lenfilm Studios since 1973. Since the late 1990s he has represented the Studios as a producer in projects combining private and state investments. He is also an assistant professor at the St. Petersburg State Cinema and Television University.

FILMOGRAPHY (as producer)
2005	Italianets (The Italian)
2004	Demon (Demon)
2003	Bednyi, Bednyi Pavel (Poor, Poor Pavel)
2003	Babusya (Granny)
2003	Peterburg (Petersburg)
2002	Kinorezhisser: Professiya i Sud’ba (Film Director: Profession and Fate)
2001	Telets (Taurus)
1999	Molokh (Moloch)