Leonid Osyka
Leonid Mykhailovych Osyka (8 March 1940 in Kyiv – 16 September 2001 in Kyiv) was a Ukrainian movie director, producer, and screen writer. Osyka was awarded the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize of Ukraine, which was established to honor outstanding contributions to the development of Ukrainian cinema.
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Leonid Osyka

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- Born
- 1940 · Kyiv.
- Died
- 2001 · Kyiv.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Ukraine
- Occupation
- film director · film screenwriter
- Education
- Odesa School of Theatre Arts · Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Honours
- Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR · Shevchenko National Prize · People's Artist of Ukraine · Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize
- Languages
- Ukrainian
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Leonid Mykhailovych Osyka (8 March 1940 in Kyiv – 16 September 2001 in Kyiv) was a Ukrainian movie director, producer, and screen writer. Osyka was awarded the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize of Ukraine, which was established to honor outstanding contributions to the development of Ukrainian cinema.
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Leonid Osyka died at Kyiv.
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Leonid Osyka studied at Odesa School of Theatre Arts and Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. Distinctions recorded are Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR, Shevchenko National Prize, People's Artist of Ukraine and Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize.
• 1965 - The One Who Goes Into the Sea ("Та, що входить у море"), director • 1968 - The Stone Cross ("Камінний хрест"), director; late 2009 saw the beginning of the digital restoration of this film. • 1968 - Who return, will love to the end ("Хто повернеться — долюбить"), director • 1971 - Zakhar Berkut ("Заxap Бepкут"), director • 1976 - The Disturbed Month of September ("Тривожний місяць вересень"), director • 1978 - Sea ("Море"), director • 1985 - Earth-reaching bowing ("Вклонися до землі"), director, writer • 1987 - Enter, the suffered ones ("Увійдіть, стражденні!"), director, writer • 1991 - Gift on Birthday ("Подарунок на іменини"), director, writer • 1993 - Hetman's Regalia ("Гетьманські клейноди"), director, writer
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- 1.Peter Rollberg. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. 504–505. 2009. 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- 2.Studio for digital restoration of Ukrainian films opens in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine (December 17, 2009)
- 3.Zakhar Berkut
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