Yurii Illienko

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-05-09 (74 years old)

Deathday

2010-06-15

Place of Birth

Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Yurii Illienko

Biography

Yuri Illienko (18 July 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1965 and 2002. His 1970 film The White Bird Marked with Black was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Golden Prize. Illienko was one of Ukraine's most influential filmmakers. His films represented Ukraine and what was happening to it. His films were banned in the USSR for their suspected anti-Soviet symbolism. Only in the recent years have his films been re-released and open to the public. Illienko was born in Cherkasy in 1936 but during World War II his family was evacuated to Sib...

Acting

1999

Ave Maria

as artist

2002

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

as Marshall Zhukov

1974

To Dream and to Live

as Герасим, литейщик

1963

1 Newton Street

as Timofey Suvernev

Production

2002

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

as Director of Photography

1991

The Last Bunker

as Screenplay

1990

1973

1968

1994

Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major

as Director of Photography

1987

Straw Bells

as Director of Photography

1987

Straw Bells

as Director

1987

Straw Bells

as Screenplay

1974

1980

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

as Director of Photography

1999

Ave Maria

as Director of Photography

1974

1968

Out of Boredom

as Screenplay

1962

My Son is Somewhere

as Director of Photography

1990

Swan Lake: The Zone

as Director of Photography

1965

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

as Director of Photography

1961

Farewell, Doves

as Director of Photography

1990

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