Ivan Kavaleridze was born on April 1, 1887 in Ladansky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ladansky, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for
Natalka Poltavka (1936),
Koliyivshchyna (1933) and
Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1937). He died on December 3, 1978 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].