Yuriy Chulyukin was born on November 9, 1929 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer and director, known for So ein Mädel (1962), Wie man glücklich wird (1986) and Pogovorim, brat (1979). He was married to Natalya Kustinskaya. He died on March 7, 1987 in Maputo, Mozambique.