Grigoriy Roshal was born on October 21, 1899 in Novozybkov, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Bryansk Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for
Mussorgsky (1950),
Ivan Pavlov (1949) and
Rimskiy-Korsakov (1953). He was married to
Vera Stroyeva. He died on January 11, 1983 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].