Richard Viktorov was born on November 7, 1929 in Tuapse, Tuapsinskiy rayon, Severo-Kavkazskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Krasnodarskiy kray, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981),
Kometa (1984) and
Perestupi porog (1970). He was married to
Nadezhda Sementsova. He died on September 8, 1983 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].