Yulian Semyonov was born on October 8, 1931 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia] as Yulian Semyonovich Semyonov. He was a writer and assistant director, known for Solaris (1972), Noch na 14-y paralleli (1971) and Po tonkomu ldu (1966). He died on September 5, 1993.