Born in Kherson, Ukraine, in 1982. He graduated from the Karpenko-Kar Theater, Film and Television University, in Kiev. Bondarchuk made the documentaries “Euromaidan. Rough Cut” (2014), “Ukrainian Sheriffs” (2015), winner of the special jury prize at IDFA, and “Dixie Land” (2016). “Volcano”, his first fictional feature film, was presented at the 42nd Mostra and at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Roman also works as an art director of the Docudays UA and has been a member of the selection committee for the Ukrainian submissions to the Academy Awards since 2019.