Dmytro Hnatyuk was born on 28 March 1925 in the village of Mămăești, Sipeniț district, Cernăuți County, Romania.

He was a singer at the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theatre appearing as a soloist in many songs.

In 1979, Hnatyuk graduated from the State Institute and of Theatrical Arts as a Director (rezhyser).

[3] Hnatyuk was elected the head of the Musical Society of Ukraine, as the head of the Kiyvan Theatrical Society, as a member of the Committee of State Shevchenko Prizes, the Committee of Defense and Peace and others.

[4] He received many Soviet awards including Hero of Socialist Labor and the USSR State Prize.