Maksim Pezhemskiy was born on March 30, 1963 in Zeya, Zeyskiy rayon, Amurskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and producer, known for Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (1990), Sveta s togo sveta (2018) and Mama ne goryuy (1998).