Semon Babanov was born on August 25, 1898 in Alexandrovsk, Russian Empire (now Zaporizhia, Ukraine). Semon was a production manager and writer, known for
Negr iz Sheridana (1933),
Ya lyublyu (1936) and
Aleksandr Parkhomenko (1942). Semon died on June 17, 1969 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine].