Nikolai Akimov was born on April 16, 1901 in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a production designer and director, known for Kashchei the Immortal (1945), Teni (1953) and Delo (1955). He died on September 6, 1968 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].