Nikolai Figurovsky was born on December 16, 1923 in Chukhloma, Kostroma Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Kostroma Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and director, known for Poleskaya legenda (1957), Vesenniye grozy (1960) and Chasy ostanovilis v polnoch (1959). He died on June 14, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.