Vilen Kalyuta

Vilen Aleksandrovich Kalyuta (Ukrainian: Вілен Олександрович Калюта; 22 October 1930 – 3 November 1999) was an Ukrainian cinematographer.

He was born on 22 October 1930, in Huliaipole, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. Kalyuta worked on more than 50 movies during his 40-year career. Notable films by Vilen Kalyuta are White Bird with Black Mark, 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. Vilen Kalyuta died on 3 November 1999, in Kiev, Ukraine.