Born in 1955 in Vilnius. Studied at the 35th secondary school in Vilnius. In 1973-1983 he studied acting at the Lithuanian State Conservatoire (now the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre), and in 1984-1989 he studied film directing at the Moscow Cinematography Institute. Later he worked at Šiauliai Drama Theatre, State Youth Theatre, and appeared in various feature films. Oleg Ditkovsky is a well-known bard: the authors of most of his lyrics are Lithuanian poets H. Radauskas, A. Jonynas, Antanas A. Jonynas, S. Geda, R. Danys, S. Bareikis.