Yuri Averin was born on October 28, 1922 in Voronezh, RSFSR as Yuriy Ivanovich Averin. He is known for his work on Sudba cheloveka (1959), Urok istorii (1957) and Granatovyy braslet (1965). He died on January 29, 1990 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.