Daniil Demutsky was born on July 16, 1893 in village Okhmatov, Uman uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ohmativ, Zhashkiv Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a cinematographer, known for
Taras Shevchenko (1951),
Adventures in Bokhara (1943) and
Vasya reformator (1926). He died on May 7, 1954 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].