Ján Lacko was born on December 24, 1925 in Myjava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a director and assistant director, known for Skalní v ofsajde (1961), Skaly a ludia (1959) and Odhalenie Alzbety Báthorycky (1965). He died on June 24, 1991 in Bratislava, Slovakia.