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Yuri Ilyenko(1936-2010)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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Yuri Ilyenko
Yuri Ilyenko was born on 18 July 1936 in Cherkassy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Cherkasy, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Swan Lake: The Zone (1990), Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971) and Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968). He was married to Lyudmila Efimenko and Larisa Kadochnikova. He died on 15 June 2010 in Prokhorivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.
BornJuly 18, 1936
DiedJune 15, 2010(73)
BornJuly 18, 1936
DiedJune 15, 2010(73)
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins total

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Known for

Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)
Swan Lake: The Zone
6.7
  • Director
  • 1990
Larisa Kadochnikova in Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971)
Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu
7.5
  • Director
  • 1971
Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
Vechir na Ivana Kupala
7.3
  • Director
  • 1968
Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
Solomiani dzvony
6.9
  • Director(as Yuriy Illenko)
  • 1987

Credits

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Director

  • Bogdan Stupka in Molytva za hetmana Mazepu (2002)
    Molytva za hetmana Mazepu
    5.4
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)
    Swan Lake: The Zone
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
    Solomiani dzvony
    6.9
    • Director (as Yuriy Illenko)
    • 1987
  • Legenda o knyagine Olge (1984)
    Legenda o knyagine Olge
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981)
    Lisova pisnya. Mavka
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Yura Madzhula in Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov (1980)
    Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Prazdnik pechyonoy kartoshki (1978)
    Prazdnik pechyonoy kartoshki
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Mechtat i zhit (1975)
    Mechtat i zhit
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Naperekor vsemu (1972)
    Naperekor vsemu
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Larisa Kadochnikova in Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971)
    Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
    Vechir na Ivana Kupala
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965)
    Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1965

Writer

  • Bogdan Stupka in Molytva za hetmana Mazepu (2002)
    Molytva za hetmana Mazepu
    5.4
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • Ostanniy bunker (1991)
    Ostanniy bunker
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1991
  • Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
    Solomiani dzvony
    6.9
    • screenplay (as Yuriy Illenko)
    • 1987
  • Legenda o knyagine Olge (1984)
    Legenda o knyagine Olge
    6.8
    • writer
    • 1984
  • Nikolay Grinko, Leonid Kuravlyov, and Viktor Pavlov in Mirgorod i ego obitateli (1983)
    Mirgorod i ego obitateli
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1983
  • Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981)
    Lisova pisnya. Mavka
    6.7
    • writer
    • 1981
  • Yura Madzhula in Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov (1980)
    Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1980
  • Mechtat i zhit (1975)
    Mechtat i zhit
    6.2
    • screenplay (as Yu. Ilyenko)
    • 1975
  • Larisa Kadochnikova in Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971)
    Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu
    7.5
    • Writer
    • 1971
  • Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
    Vechir na Ivana Kupala
    7.3
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Skuki radi (1968)
    Skuki radi
    7.4
    • Writer
    • 1968

Cinematographer

  • Bogdan Stupka in Molytva za hetmana Mazepu (2002)
    Molytva za hetmana Mazepu
    5.4
    • Cinematographer
    • 2002
  • Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)
    Swan Lake: The Zone
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1990
  • Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
    Solomiani dzvony
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1987
  • Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981)
    Lisova pisnya. Mavka
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1981
  • Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965)
    Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 1965
  • Tatyana Bestayeva, Ivan Chendej, Yuri Ilyenko, Larisa Kadochnikova, Mikhail Kotsiubinsky, Ivan Mikolaychuk, Sergei Parajanov, and Georgiy Yakutovich in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965)
    Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
    7.8
    • Cinematographer (as Yuriy Illenko)
    • 1965
  • Gde-to est syn (1962)
    Gde-to est syn
    6.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 1962
  • Aleksei Loktev and Svetlana Savyolova in Proshchayte, golubi (1961)
    Proshchayte, golubi
    7.3
    • Cinematographer (as Yu. Ilyenko)
    • 1961

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Yuriy Illenko
  • Born
    • July 18, 1936
    • Cherkassy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Cherkasy, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • June 15, 2010
    • Prokhorivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine(cancer)
  • Spouses
      Lyudmila Efimenko1978 - June 15, 2010 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
    • Pylyp Illienko
  • Relatives
      Vadim Ilyenko(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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    Critic John Powers once called him "the greatest living Ukrainian filmmaker.".

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