Mykhailo Illienko

Mykhailo Illienko was born on 29 June 1947, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

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.

[4] In March 2022, he joined the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.