Ilya Kopalin was born on August 2, 1900 in village Pavlovskaya, Zvenigorod uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Istrinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
Na Dunae (1940),
Osvobozhdennaya Chekhoslovakiya (1945) and
Den pobedivshey strany (1948). He died on June 12, 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].