About Vilen Kalyuta
Lived 1930 – 1999 (aged 69). Vilen Kalyuta was a Russian and Ukrainian camera operator and cinematographer.
Vilen Aleksandrovich Kalyuta (; 22 October 19303 November 1999) was a Ukrainian cinematographer. He was the laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize in 1999.
He was born on 22 October 1930, in Huliaipole, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Kalyuta worked on more than 50 movies during his 40-year career. Notable films by Vilen Kalyuta are White Bird with Black Mark, Flights in Dreams and Reality, The Legend of Princess Olga, Urga, Burnt by the Sun and the last film he worked on A Friend of the Deceased. Vilen Kalyuta died on 3 November 1999 in Kyiv.
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Who was Vilen Kalyuta?
Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer (1930–1999)
When was Vilen Kalyuta born?
Vilen Kalyuta was born on 22 October 1930 in Huliaipole.
When did Vilen Kalyuta die?
Vilen Kalyuta died on 3 November 1999 in Kyiv.
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Vilen Kalyuta was a camera operator and cinematographer.
What nationality was Vilen Kalyuta?
Vilen Kalyuta was Russian and Ukrainian.
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