Valentin Chernykh was born on March 12, 1935 in Pskov, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer and producer, known for Svoi (2004), Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) and Lyubov zemnaya (1975). He was married to Ludmila Kozhinova. He died on August 6, 2012 in Moscow, Russia.