Ivan Ivanov-Vano was born on February 8, 1900 in Moscow, Russian Empire as Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano. He was a director and writer, known for The Battle of Kerzhenets (1971), The Snow Maiden (1952) and The Humpbacked Horse (1975). He died on March 25, 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR.