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Vilen Kalyuta

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Vilen Kalyuta
Вілен Калюта
Born(1930-10-22)22 October 1930
Huliaipole, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died3 November 1999(1999-11-03) (aged 69)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma materNational Aviation University
OccupationCinematographer
Notable work As cameraman:
AwardsShevchenko National Prize

Vilen Aleksandrovich Kalyuta (Ukrainian: Вілен Олександрович Калюта; 22 October 1930 – 3 November 1999) was a Ukrainian cinematographer. He was the laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize in 1999.[1]

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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  1. ^ Лауреати Національної премії [National Award Winners]. Committee for the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 June 2025.
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