
Person
Mykhailo Illienko
Directing · Born 1947-06-29 · Moscow, USSR
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

Business as Usual
2013

Fuchzhou
Director

Voice
Director

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
Suitor

The Elephant Had a Dream
Writer

Maksym Osa: The Gold of Werewolf
Syvyi

The Gift
Screenplay

Firecrosser
Director

Elevator
Director

Wandering
2026
Filmography
- 2026Hit
- 2026Wandering
- 2026He She ItDirector
- 2022Maksym Osa: The Gold of WerewolfSyvyi
- 2022WinnerDirector
- 2021Genius
- 2021The GiftScreenplay
- 2020A Smoke BreakDirector
- 2020TolokaDirector
- 2019LessonDirector
- 2017ElevatorDirector
- 2017VoiceDirector
- 2013Business as Usual
- 2012FirecrosserDirector
- 2002The Disposable EternityDirector
- 2002A Short Trip on a Big CarouselDirector
- 1997The Seventh RouteDirector
- 1993FuchzhouDirector
- 1988Lady with a ParrotWriter
- 1985Every Hunter Wants To KnowDirector
- 1983Mirgorod and Its InhabitantsDirector
- 1980SchoolDirector
- 1976Far Away, Across the RiverDirector
- 1973The Elephant Had a DreamWriter
- 1972The White Bird Marked with BlackHeorhiy
- 1968The Eve of Ivan KupaloSuitor
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