Ivan Kozlovsky was born on March 24, 1900 in village Maryanovka, Vasilkov uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire as Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky. He is known for his work on Ivan Semenovich Kozlovskiy (1978), Boris Godunov (1954) and Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1937). He was married to Galina Sergeyeva and Alexandra Herzig.