Vilen Aleksandrovich Kalyuta ( uk, Вілен Олександрович Калюта; 22 October 19303 November 1999) was a

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. He was born on 22 October 1930, in Huliaipole,

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. Kalyuta worked on more than 50 movies during his 40-year career. Notable films by Vilen Kalyuta are ''

White Bird with Black Mark ''The White Bird Marked with Black'' ( ua, Білий Птах З Чорною Ознакою, Bilyi Ptakh z Chornoyu Oznakoyu', russian: Белая птица с чёрной отметиной, Belaya ptitsa s chornoy otmetinoy) is a 1971 Soviet ...

'', '' Flying Asleep and Awake'', '' The Legend of Princess Olga'', '' Urga'', '' Burnt by the Sun'' and the last film he worked on ''

A Friend of the Deceased ''A Friend of the Deceased'' ( uk, Приятель небіжчика) is a 1997 Ukrainian drama film directed by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych. The film was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awar ...

''. Vilen Kalyuta died on 3 November 1999, in

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* Ukrainian cinematographers 1930 births 1999 deaths People from Huliaipole Soviet cinematographers Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize {{Cinematographer-stub