Evgeniy Ivanov-Barkov was born on February 19, 1892 in Kostroma, Kostroma uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kostroma Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Dursun (1941), Under Sunny Skies (1948) and Geroi Domny (1929). He died on May 20, 1965 in Ashkhabad, Turkmen SSR, USSR [now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan].