Mykhailo Illienko

Mykhailo Herasymovych Illienko Ukrainian Михайло Герасимович Іллєнко born 29 June 19471 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 AllUnion 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 KarpenkoKary 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