Isaak Shmaruk was born on August 22, 1910 in Nezhin, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and assistant director, known for
Sudba Mariny (1954),
Seym vykhodit iz beregov (1962) and
Zvyozdy na krylyakh (1955). He died on August 2, 1986 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].