FILM DIRECTOR

Yuri Ilyenko

1936 - 2010

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Yuri Herasymovych Ilyenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Герасимович Іллєнко, 18 July 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and politician. 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. Ilyenko was one of Ukraine's most influential filmmakers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Yuri Ilyenko is the 804th most popular film director (down from 628th in 2024), the 580th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 479th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yuri Ilyenko ranks 804 out of 2,041. Before him are George Sidney, William Daniels, Tsai Ming-liang, Richard C. Sarafian, Emile Ardolino, and Isabel Coixet. After him are Urban Gad, Scott Hicks, Krsto Papić, Ted Post, Ferenc Kósa, and Roman Karmen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Yuri Ilyenko ranks 307. Before him are Renato Corti, Mustafa Ould Salek, Ashley Cooper, Hiroo Kanamori, Joe E. Tata, and Julio Terrazas Sandoval. After him are Gábor Szabó, Betty Curtis, Peter Swan, Stella Stevens, Aharon Barak, and Pen Sovan. Among people deceased in 2010, Yuri Ilyenko ranks 227. Before him are Vitaly Sevastyanov, Alex Higgins, Laurent Terzieff, Hank Jones, Chushiro Hayashi, and Otmar Suitner. After him are Hans Ørberg, Zelda Rubinstein, Yvonne Loriod, Jacqueline de Romilly, Gheorghe Apostol, and Marie Osborne Yeats.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yuri Ilyenko ranks 580 out of 1,365. Before him are Mykhailo Boychuk (1882), Vasyl Makukh (1927), Aleksandr Bogomolets (1881), Leonid Zhabotinsky (1938), Vladimir Semichastny (1924), and Maria Guleghina (1959). After him are Serhiy Rebrov (1974), Nicholas Charnetsky (1884), Nikolay Girs (1820), Viktor Knorre (1840), Roman Karmen (1906), and Boris Mikhailov (1938).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Yuri Ilyenko ranks 14. Before him are Maya Deren (1917), Larisa Shepitko (1938), Grigori Kozintsev (1905), Aleksandr Ptushko (1900), Les Kurbas (1887), and Aleksei Kapler (1904). After him are Roman Karmen (1906), Grigory Chukhray (1921), Lucian Pintilie (1933), Aleksander Ford (1908), Mark Donskoy (1901), and Frederic Zelnik (1885).

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