Anatoliy Bukovskiy was born on November 17, 1925 in Balashov, Saratov Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Saratov Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Nebo-zemlya-nebo (1975), Vizit v Kovalyovku (1980) and Proval operatsii 'Bolshaya medveditsa' (1983). He died on September 19, 2006.