Mykhailo Illienko

Directing·Jun 29, 1947·Moscow, USSR

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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.

Film	Credit
Hit2026 · Actor, Director, Writer, Producer	Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Wandering2026 · Actor, Director, Writer, Producer	Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
HHe She It2026 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Maksym Osa: The Gold of Werewolf2022 · Syvyi	Syvyi
Winner2022 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Genius2021 · Actor	Actor
The Gift2021 · Screenplay	Screenplay
A Smoke Break2020 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Toloka2020 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Lesson2019 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Elevator2017 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Voice2017 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Business as Usual2013 · Actor	Actor
Firecrosser2012 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Disposable Eternity2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Short Trip on a Big Carousel2002 · Director	Director
The Seventh Route1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Fuchzhou1993 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Lady with a Parrot1988 · Writer	Writer
Every Hunter Wants To Know1985 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants1983 · Director	Director
School1980 · Director	Director
Far Away, Across the River1976 · Director	Director
The Elephant Had a Dream1973 · Writer	Writer
The White Bird Marked with Black1972 · Heorhiy	Heorhiy
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo1968 · Suitor	Suitor