Yuriy Lysenko was born on April 8, 1910 in Valiava, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for
Belyy krug (1975),
Yesli by kamni govorili... (1957) and
Tavriya (1960). He died on March 12, 1994 in Kiev, Ukraine.