Ivan Dykhovichnyy was born on October 16, 1947 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Kopeyka (2002), Der schwarze Mönch (1988) and Prorva (1992). He was married to Olga Dykhovichnaya. He died on September 27, 2009 in Moscow, Russia.