Ján Piroh was born on December 17, 1946 in Povazská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for
Sagarmatha (1988),
Kangchenjunga (1981) and
Dovidenia v pekle, priatelia (1990). He died on January 30, 2003 in Bratislava, Slovakia.