Gennadiy Kazanskiy was born on December 1, 1910 in Voronezh, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire [now Voronezh Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and assistant director, known for Rimskiy-Korsakov (1953), Amphibian Man (1962) and Ugol padeniya (1970). He died on September 14, 1983.