Ivan J. Kovacevic was born on November 24, 1909 in Drégelypalánk, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a writer and director, known for Jánosik (1936), Od Tatier po Azovské more (1942) and Milan Rastislav Stefánik (1935). He died on February 17, 1979 in Zlaté Moravce, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].