
Person
Rostyslav Synko
Directing · 1933–2010
Biography
Rostyslav Oleksandrovych Synko (August 21, 1933, Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast — October 23, 2010, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and sculptor. He was named an Honored Worker of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR in 1983. He was born in the village of Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast, into the family of an economist. He graduated from the acting department of the Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts named after I. Karpenko-Kary (1955). From 1955 to 1957, he served in the Belarusian Military District Ensemble, performed on stage at the Kyiv Theater for Young Audiences, and then worked at the Kyiv Television Studio (1957–1964). Since 1965, he has been a director at the Ukrteleviz studio. Co-organizer of the Ivan Kavaleridze Memorial Fund (1992) and the I. Kavaleridze Museum-Workshop in Kyiv on Andriivskyi Uzviz, director (1993–2010). He taught at the Kyiv State University of Theater, Music, and Television named after I. Karpenko-Kary. He was a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. He died on October 23, 2010, in Kyiv.
Known for

Kyiv Beggars
Director

Gregory, Don't Go to the Village Dances
Director

Thy Father's House
Director

Garden of Gethsemane
1993

Tiger Trappers
Director

Scary Beast
Writer

Such Lovely Wolves
Director

The Tale about Kyiv
Director

People's Malachi
Director

Nightingale from the Village of Marshintsy
Director
Filmography
- 1994Tiger TrappersDirector
- 1993Garden of Gethsemane
- 1992Kyiv BeggarsDirector
- 1991People's MalachiDirector
- 1986Thy Father's HouseDirector
- 1982The Tale about KyivDirector
- 1978Gregory, Don't Go to the Village DancesDirector
- 1975Such Lovely WolvesDirector
- 1969Scary BeastWriter
- 1966Nightingale from the Village of MarshintsyDirector
- 1965Songs of a Happy LandDirector
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