Vadim Kurchevskiy was born on April 14, 1928 in Kolomna, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR as Vadim Vladimirovich Kurchevskiy. He was a director and writer, known for Moy zelenyy krokodil (1966), Osvobozhdennyy Don Kikhot (1987) and Ein junger Mann namens Engels - Ein Porträt in Briefen (1970). He died on August 15, 1997 in Moscow, Russia.