Pavel Zaltsman was born on January 2, 1912 in Kishinyov, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire. He was a production designer and art director, known for Za sovetskuyu rodinu (1937), Belaya roza (1943) and Annenkovshina (1933). He died on December 20, 1985 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR.