Sergei Skornetskii graduated the Moscow Art Theatre School with a degree in Lighting Design. Since 1995, he has worked in various theatres in Russia as light designer and set designer. He has worked with numerous artists and directors, including Mart Kitaev, David Borovsky, Alexander Borovsky, Sergey Barhin, Vladimir Boer, Andrey Klimov, Andris Freibergs, Nick Ormerod, Valery Fokin, Kirill Serebrennikov, Vera Martynova, Adolf Shapiro, Declan Donnellan, Roman Vityuk, Mindaugas Karbauskis, Alexandre Marine, Gennady Shaposhnikov, among others. He is a recipient of the Golden Mask award for Best Lighting Design for his work in Measure for Measure (2015) at the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre.