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Yuri Ilyenko

Yuri Ilyenko

Actor, Director, Writer

Born May 9, 1936 in Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Died June 15, 2010

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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 Siberia while his father was in the Red Army. He graduated high school in Moscow and Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1960. From 1960 till 1963 he worked as a director of photography at the Yalta Film Studio. In 1963 Illienko started his work as an operator and then a director at Dovzhenko Film Studios. His 1965 film Spring for the Thirsty (written by Ivan Drach) and 1968 film Vechir Na Ivan Kupala where both banned by the Soviet authorities till 1988. His 1971 film The White Bird Marked with Black, received the grand prize of the Moscow Film Festival, but at the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine the film was (also) banned and branded "the most harmful movie that has ever been made in Ukraine, specifically for young people". His next film, To dream and to live (written in collaboration with Ivan Mykolaichuk), was stopped 42 times at various stages of production. Illienko then emigrated to Yugoslavia, where he shot the film To live in spite of everything. The film won "Silver" at Pula Film Festival and the prize for best actor. In the Ukrainian SSR, the picture was not allowed to be shown. His 1983 film Lisova pisnia. Mavka won the FIPRESCI Prize. In 1987 Illienko received the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. Yuriy Ilyenko created the independent film studio Fest-Zemlya, where he made the first non-state film in Ukraine. His 1990 film "Swan Lake "The Zone"" again won the FIPRESCI Prize. In 1991 and 1992 Illienko was Chairman of the Ukrainian Cinema Foundation. in 1991 he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. His 1994 documentary about Serhiy Parajanov received the "Golden Knight" at the film festival Cinema City. In 1996 he became a member of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine. His 2002 film A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa was banned from rental in Russia.

Illienko died of cancer on 15 June 2010 at the age of 74.

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Filmography

Actor

10

Type

Year

Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker' Poster

Rerberg and Tarkovsky. The Reverse Side of 'Stalker' Documentary2009Self

Stepova pozhezha Short Film2009Self

Boh liubyt Triitsiu Poster

Boh liubyt Triitsiu Short Film2008Self

Nevidomyi Mazepa Short Film2007Self

Leonid Ivko Short Film2005Self

Kadr Short Film2004Self

Mrii Short Film2003Self

Chtoby pomnili Poster

Chtoby pomnili TV Series1993Self

Mechtat i zhit Poster

Mechtat i zhit Feature Film1975Gerasim

Ulitsa Nyutona, dom 1 Poster

Ulitsa Nyutona, dom 1 Feature Film1963Timofey Suvernev

Director

12

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Poster

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Feature Film2002

Swan Lake: The Zone Poster

Swan Lake: The Zone Feature Film1990

Solomiani dzvony Poster

Solomiani dzvony Feature Film1988

Legenda o knyagine Olge Poster

Legenda o knyagine Olge Feature Film1984

Lisova pisnya. Mavka Poster

Lisova pisnya. Mavka Feature Film1981

A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers Poster

A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers Feature Film1980

Prazdnik pechyonoy kartoshki Poster

Prazdnik pechyonoy kartoshki Feature Film1978

Mechtat i zhit Poster

Mechtat i zhit Feature Film1975

Naperekor vsemu Poster

Naperekor vsemu Feature Film1973

Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu Poster

Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu Feature Film1971

Vechir na Ivana Kupala Poster

Vechir na Ivana Kupala Feature Film1968

Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh Poster

Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh Feature Film1965

Writer

11

Type

Year

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Poster

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Feature Film2002

Ostanniy bunker Poster

Ostanniy bunker Feature Film1991

Solomiani dzvony Poster

Solomiani dzvony Feature Film1988

Legenda o knyagine Olge Poster

Legenda o knyagine Olge Feature Film1984

Mirgorod i ego obitateli Poster

Mirgorod i ego obitateli TV Movie1983

Lisova pisnya. Mavka Poster

Lisova pisnya. Mavka Feature Film1981

A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers Poster

A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers Feature Film1980

Mechtat i zhit Poster

Mechtat i zhit Feature Film1975

Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu Poster

Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu Feature Film1971

Skuki radi Poster

Skuki radi Feature Film1968

Vechir na Ivana Kupala Poster

Vechir na Ivana Kupala Feature Film1968

Cinematographer

8

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Poster

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa Feature Film2002

Swan Lake: The Zone Poster

Swan Lake: The Zone Feature Film1990

Solomiani dzvony Poster

Solomiani dzvony Feature Film1988

Lisova pisnya. Mavka Poster

Lisova pisnya. Mavka Feature Film1981

Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh Poster

Krynytsya dlya sprahlykh Feature Film1965

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Poster

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Feature Film1965

Gde-to est syn Poster

Gde-to est syn Feature Film1962

Proshchayte, golubi Poster

Proshchayte, golubi Feature Film1961

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