Vasili Sakhnovsky was born on March 1, 1886 in Dorogobuzh, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Smolensk oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926),
Krestovik (1927) and
Anna Karenina (1953). He died on February 26, 1945 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].