Graduated from Ryazan State University named for S. Yesenin, History and English Department, in 2004.
Got an academic degree in History in 2008.
Since 2000 has been working as a radio dj, TV-host and film journalist. Andrey Smirnov started his career for mass media as a dj for a federal FM radio station “Europa Plus” and worked for it for 10 years in Ryazan and St.Petersburg. His TV career started in 2005 as a TV-host of numerous live TV shows for a TV company “OKA” (a branch of VGTRK) in Ryazan.
Andrei Smirnov moved to St. Petersburg in 2007 and continued his TV career for Petersburg TV channels: Channel 5 (TV programmes “Open Studio”. “The Morning Show”), TV Channel “Saint Petersburg” (“The Day of the City”, “Besedka/Chatterbox”, “Useful Advice” and “Window to Movieworld”) and others. He currently hosts a TV show about movies “Window to Movieworld”.