Mikhail Grigorev was born on March 6, 1925 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Osobyy podkhod (1959), Krasnoye, sineye, zelyonoye (1966) and Kopilka (1980). He died on September 7, 1979 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].