Anatoli Golovnya was born on February 2, 1900 in Simferopol, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for
Admiral Nakhimov (1947),
Zhukovsky (1950) and
Velikie budni (1931). He died on June 25, 1982 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].