Avenir Zak was born on October 20, 1919 in Berdyansk, Taurida Governorate [now Zaporizhia Oblast], Ukraine. He was a writer and assistant director, known for
Dostoyanie respubliki (1972),
Propavshaya ekspeditsiya (1975) and
Lyubit... (1969). He died on July 11, 1974.