Viktor Ivanovich Merezhko (Russian: Виктор Иванович Мережко; 28 July 1937 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian screenwriter, filmmaker, playwright, actor, writer, and television presenter.

[1] In 1952, together with his family, he moved to the village of Russkaya Polyana near the city of Cherkasy (Ukraine).

He tried to enter the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Cinematographers, but he could not stand the entrance exams.

From the very first of his works as screenwriter, Viktor Merezhko has indicated his interest in the moral problems of modern society.

In his works, the relationship of the characters and their social conflict determine the plot of the films.