Vadim Ilyenko was born on July 3, 1932 in Novomoskovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR as Vadim Gerasimovich Ilyenko. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Za dvumya zaytsami (1961), Gelli i Nok (1995) and Nad nami Yuzhnyy Krest (1965). He died on May 8, 2015.