Nikolai Figurovsky was born on December 16, 1923 in Chukhloma, Kostroma Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Kostroma Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and director, known for Chasy ostanovilis v polnoch (1959), Skolko let, skolko zim! (1966) and Poleskaya legenda (1957). He died on June 14, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.