Gleb Panfilov was born on May 21, 1934 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia] as Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov. He is a director and writer, known for Tema (1979), Mother (1990) and Vassa (1983). He is married to Inna Churikova.