was born in 1946 in the village Kochevo of Komi-Perm Autonomous District, where he graduated from the same high school. In 1969 he entered and in 1973 graduated from the faculty of Film history at Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). From 1973 he worked as an editor at first, and then a director at Sverdlovsk film studio, where he shot most of his films. In 1981, Anatoly was admitted to the Union of Cinematographers, was elected to the board of the Ural Community of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. From 1999 to 2006 he worked as a director and head of combining TV movies on STRC "Ural" (Yekaterinburg).

Most of the works the director made in his homeland – in the Komi-Permian district. The first major screen-test was the film "We were a smoke". Thanks to this film the country learned about the ancient and unique Komi-Permian people. Among the works of Anatoly Baluev there are such films as "Chorus", "Tupi-tap", "Bykoboy", "Mum", "Mirage", and «Silver Horse". The last film of Anatoly Baluev was "Stardust". Anatoly Baluev often came to Perm to the "Flahertiana", he was the guest of honour, a jury member and a participant of the festival programmes. The director passed away on May 13, 2013 at the age of 67 years.

«Oh, Bicycle!», 1976; 1983; «The Fugue», 1988; «We Were Smoke», 1992; «Waves», 1994; «Tupi-tap», 1996; «The Choir», 1998; «Bikkoboy (Sacrifice of Bulls)», 2000; «Russia, beginning», 2001; «The Breath of Life», 2002; «Mam»; 2004; «San Donato», 2005; «Swing», 2006; «Silver Horse», 2011; «Stardust», 2012.