Evgeniy Sherstobitov was born on June 19, 1928 in Verkhneudinsk, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
Tumannost Andromedy (1967),
Proryv (1992) and
Akvalangi na dne (1966). He was married to
Zhemma Chayka. He died on October 20, 2008 in Kyiv, Ukraine.