Gennady Karyuk was born on February 22, 1937 in Yekaterinovka, Bliznyuki Raion, Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Katerynivka, Blyzniuky Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He is a cinematographer and director, known for
The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015),
Expiation (2012) and
The Long Farewell (1971).