Lyudmila Stanukinas was born on November 25, 1930 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She was a director, known for Tramvay idyot po gorodu (1973), Svoi, sovsem osobyye stikhi (1982) and Pavel i Lyalya (1999). She was previously married to Pavel Kogan. She died on July 8, 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel.