Director
Yurii Illienko
May 9, 1936 · Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
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.
Often works with
Lyudmila Efimenko
8 titles together
A Story of the Forest: Mavka, Swan Lake: The Zone, A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
Larysa Kadochnykova
6 titles together
A Spring for the Thirsty, The Eve of Ivan Kupalo, The White Bird Marked with Black
Pylyp Illienko
6 titles together
A Story of the Forest: Mavka, Swan Lake: The Zone, A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
Viktor Demertash
5 titles together
A Story of the Forest: Mavka, Swan Lake: The Zone, A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
Viktor Panchenko
4 titles together
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo, The Legend of Princess Olga, The Feast of the Baked Potato
Ivan Mykolaichuk
4 titles together
The White Bird Marked with Black, A Story of the Forest: Mavka, The Legend of Princess Olga
Full filmography · 16
A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
as Marshall Zhukov and Director
2003
Ave Maria
as artist
1999
Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major
cast and Director
1994
Swan Lake: The Zone
Director and Writer
1990
Straw Bells
Director
1987
The Legend of Princess Olga
Director and Writer
1984
A Story of the Forest: Mavka
Director
1980
A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers
Director and Writer
1979
The Feast of the Baked Potato
Director
1978
To Dream and to Live
as Герасим, литейщик and Director
1974
Defying Everybody
Director
1973
The White Bird Marked with Black
Director and Writer
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