Vilen Kalyuta was born on October 22, 1930 in Gulyaypole, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Huliaipole, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a cinematographer, known for
Close to Eden (1991),
Proshchayte, golubi (1961) and
Burnt by the Sun (1994). He died on November 3, 1999 in Kiev, Ukraine.