Leonid Agranovich was born on May 15, 1915 in Zmiyevka, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire [now Oryol Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and director, known for Sluchay iz sledstvennoy praktiki (1968), Chelovek, kotoryy somnevaetsya (1963) and Srok davnosti (1983). He died on March 15, 2011 in Moscow, Russia.