Leonid Lukov was born on May 2, 1909 in Mariupol, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for
Bolshaya zhizn (1939),
Miners of the Don (1951) and
Uz jauno krastu (1955). He died on April 24, 1963 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].