Aleksandr Antonov was born on February 13, 1898 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia] as Aleksandr Pavlovich Antonov. He is known for his work on Battleship Potemkin (1925), Dvenadtsataya noch (1955) and The Country Bride (1938). He died on November 23, 1962 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].