Nikolai Ostrovsky
Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky( 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist writer, of Ukrainian origin.
He is best known for his novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
Vladimir Konkin
Vladimir Alekseyevich Konkin( born 19 August 1951, Saratov, USSR) is a Soviet/ Russian cinema and theatre actor, who appeared in 45 films.
He is best known for his roles in" How the Steel Was Tempered"( 1975, Pavel Korchagin) and" The Meeting Place Can not Be Changed"( 1979, Vladimir Sharapov).
Vladimir Konkin, a Meritorious Artist of Russia( 2010), is also a published author of short stories and essays.
Jack Mills (art director)
Jack Mills was an American set decorator.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" How the West Was Won".
The Way Steel Was Tempered
The Way Steel Was Tempered is a 1988 Yugoslav film directed by Serbian director Želimir Žilnik.
It was nominated for a Golden St. George award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival and has been screened at festivals worldwide such as the Toronto International Film Festival.
It was also shown at the Pyongyang Film Festival which frequently showed movies from non-aligned countries.
Don Greenwood Jr.
Don Greenwood
Jr.( September 26, 1928 – June 27, 1990) was an American set decorator.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" How the West Was Won".
Mark Donskoy
Mark Semyonovich Donskoy (– 21 March 1981) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Mark Donskoy was born in Odessa in a Jewish family.
During the Civil War, he served in the Red Army (1921-1923), and was captured by the whites for ten months.
Demobilized, he studied psychology and psychiatry at the Crimean medical school.
In 1925 he graduated from the legal department of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Crimean University named after M.V. Frunze in Simferopol.
At the same time he worked in investigative bodies, in the Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR, and in the bar association.
He released a collection of short stories about his life called “Prisoners” (1925).
Donskoy began his career in film in 1926.
He worked in the script department, then as an assistant director in Moscow, later as an editing assistant in Leningrad.
In 1935 he became the first Soviet dubbing director, he dubbed the American film “The Invisible Man”.
In 1938-1941, and in 1945-1955 he was the director of the Soyuzdetfilm film studio (Moscow).
In 1942-1945 and in 1955-1957 - director of the Kiev film studio.
Since 1957, director and art director of the Maxim Gorky film studio (formerly Soyuzdetfilm).
His wife was the screenwriter Irina Borisovna Donskaya (1918-1983).
Pavel Korchagin (film)
Pavel Korchagin is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov, based on the novel" How the Steel Was Tempered".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
How the Steel Was Tempered (film)
How the Steel Was Tempered  is a 1942 Soviet drama film directed by Mark Donskoy.
Mei Yi (translator)
Mei Yi( 2 January 1913- 13 September 2003) was a Chinese translator, journalist and politician.
In 1938 he translated the English version of" How the Steel Was Tempered", which was the earliest Chinese version.

Question: What is the place of birth of the director of film How The Steel Was Tempered (Film)?
Answer: Odessa