Gennadiy Vasilev was born on August 31, 1940 in Mikhaylovka, Mikhaylovskiy rayon, Ussuriyskaya oblast, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
Ajooba (1990),
Tsar Ivan Groznyy (1991) and
Vasiliy Buslaev (1983). He was married to Tatyana Turchan. He died on October 21, 1999 in Moscow, Russia.