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Yuri Illienko(1936-2010)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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Yuri Illienko
Yuri Illienko was born on 18 July 1936 in Cherkasy, 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 & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)
Swan Lake: The Zone
6.6
  • Director(as Yuri Ilyenko)
  • 1990
Larisa Kadochnikova in Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971)
Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu
7.5
  • Director(as Yuri Ilyenko)
  • 1971
Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
Vechir na Ivana Kupala
7.4
  • Director(as Yuri Ilyenko)
  • 1968
Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
Solomiani dzvony
6.7
  • Director(as Yuriy Illenko)
  • 1987

Credits

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Director

  • Bogdan Stupka in Molytva za hetmana Mazepu (2002)
    Molytva za hetmana Mazepu
    5.5
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 2002
  • Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)
    Swan Lake: The Zone
    6.6
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1990
  • Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
    Solomiani dzvony
    6.7
    • Director (as Yuriy Illenko)
    • 1987
  • Legenda o knyagine Olge (1984)
    Legenda o knyagine Olge
    6.8
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1984
  • Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981)
    Lisova pisnya. Mavka
    6.7
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1981
  • Yura Madzhula in Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov (1980)
    Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov
    6.7
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1980
  • Prazdnik pechyonoy kartoshki (1978)
    Prazdnik pechyonoy kartoshki
    7.4
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1978
  • Mechtat i zhit (1975)
    Mechtat i zhit
    6.1
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1975
  • Naperekor vsemu (1972)
    Naperekor vsemu
    6.9
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1972
  • Larisa Kadochnikova in Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971)
    Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu
    7.5
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1971
  • Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
    Vechir na Ivana Kupala
    7.4
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1968
  • Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965)
    Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh
    7.2
    • Director (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1965

Writer

  • Bogdan Stupka in Molytva za hetmana Mazepu (2002)
    Molytva za hetmana Mazepu
    5.5
    • Writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 2002
  • Ostanniy bunker (1991)
    Ostanniy bunker
    7.0
    • Writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1991
  • Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
    Solomiani dzvony
    6.7
    • screenplay (as Yuriy Illenko)
    • 1987
  • Legenda o knyagine Olge (1984)
    Legenda o knyagine Olge
    6.8
    • writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1984
  • Nikolay Grinko, Leonid Kuravlyov, and Viktor Pavlov in Mirgorod i ego obitateli (1983)
    Mirgorod i ego obitateli
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1983
  • Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981)
    Lisova pisnya. Mavka
    6.7
    • writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1981
  • Yura Madzhula in Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov (1980)
    Poloska neskoshennych dikikh tsvetov
    6.7
    • Writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1980
  • Mechtat i zhit (1975)
    Mechtat i zhit
    6.1
    • screenplay (as Yu. Ilyenko)
    • 1975
  • Larisa Kadochnikova in Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971)
    Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu
    7.5
    • Writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1971
  • Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968)
    Vechir na Ivana Kupala
    7.4
    • writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1968
  • Skuki radi (1968)
    Skuki radi
    7.4
    • Writer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1968

Cinematographer

  • Bogdan Stupka in Molytva za hetmana Mazepu (2002)
    Molytva za hetmana Mazepu
    5.5
    • Cinematographer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 2002
  • Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)
    Swan Lake: The Zone
    6.6
    • Cinematographer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1990
  • Pylyp Illienko and Les Serdyuk in Solomiani dzvony (1987)
    Solomiani dzvony
    6.7
    • Cinematographer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1987
  • Lisova pisnya. Mavka (1981)
    Lisova pisnya. Mavka
    6.7
    • Cinematographer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1981
  • Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh (1965)
    Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh
    7.2
    • Cinematographer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1965
  • Tatyana Bestayeva, Ivan Chendej, Yuri Illienko, 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
    6.4
    • Cinematographer (as Yuri Ilyenko)
    • 1962
  • Aleksei Loktev and Svetlana Savyolova in Proshchayte, golubi (1961)
    Proshchayte, golubi
    7.2
    • Cinematographer (as Yu. Ilyenko)
    • 1961

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Yuriy Illenko
  • Born
    • July 18, 1936
    • Cherkasy, 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
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  • Trivia
    Critic John Powers once called him "the greatest living Ukrainian filmmaker.".

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