Mykhailo Illienko

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-06-29 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Moscow, USSR

Also Known As Михайло Іллєнко, Mykhailo Illyenko, Mykhaylo Herasymovych Illyenko, Mykhaylo Illyenko

Mykhailo Illienko

Biography

Mykhailo Herasymovych Illienko (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Гера́симович Іллє́нко; born 29 June 1947)[1] is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is an Academician of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (2017), an Honored Artist of Ukraine (2003), and a Laureate of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize of Ukraine (2007). Mykhailo Illienko was born on 29 June 1947, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in 1970. Since 1973, he has been a director at the Kyiv Dovzhenko Film Studio. Since 1997, he has been the organizer of the Open Night Film Festival. Since 2000, he has been the dean of the film faculty at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. He is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. From April 2017 to November 2018, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Film Academy. In March 2022, he joined the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Known For

Director

2022
Winner

as Director

2020
A Smoke Break

as Director

2020
Toloka

as Director

2019
Lesson

as Director

2017
Elevator

as Director

2017
Voice

as Director

2012
Firecrosser

as Director

2002
1997
The Seventh Route

as Director

1993
Fuchzhou

as Director

1980
Школа

as Director

Writer

2022
Winner

as Screenplay

2021
The Gift

as Screenplay

2021
The Gift

as Creative Producer

2020
A Smoke Break

as Writer

2020
Toloka

as Writer

2019
Lesson

as Screenplay

2017
Elevator

as Screenplay

2017
Voice

as Screenplay

2012
Firecrosser

as Writer

2002
1997
1993
Fuchzhou

as Screenplay

1988

Producer

2020
Toloka

as Producer