Zagdansky attended Kiev State Institute of Theatrical Arts, graduating in 1979. He worked as a film director for
Kievnauchfilm studio in
Kyiv from 1981 through 1988, and at film studio Thursday from 1988 through 1992. In 1991, Zagdansky traveled to the
United States at the invitation of the
Film Society of Lincoln Center to present his Freudian film
Interpretation of Dreams at the
New Directors/New Films Festival at the
Museum of Modern Art. Immigrating to the
United States in 1992, he worked as a
free-lance producer for the now defunct Russian-American Broadcasting Company from 1992 through 1999. He has also taught several film classes at
New School University. ==Filmography as a director/producer==