Viktor Illarionovich Ivchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Іларіонович Івченко) was a film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and writer in Soviet Ukraine.

Ivchenko was born in the village of Bohodukhov, (Ukrainian: Богодухов) Kharkiv Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast is an oblast in eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the south-east, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the south-west, Poltava Oblast to the west and Sumy Oblast to the north-west...

, on October 9, 1912.

He wrote scripts for "Lisova Pisnya" (1963) and "Annychka

Annychka

Annychka is a 1968 Ukrainian drama.The film, which was produced at the Dovzhenko Film Studios, takes place in 1943 and is about a Hutsul girl played by Lyubov Rumyantseva. In 1969 it received a Golden Tower award at the Phnom Penh Film Festival in Cambodia. The director received a special prize at...

" (1968).

Ivchenko also directed "Sudba Mariny" (1953), "Nazar Stodolya" (1955), "Est takoy paren" (1956), "Ivanna" (1959), "Serebryanyy trener" (1963), "Gadyuka" (1965), and "Desyatyy shag" (1967).

He died on September 7, 1972, at the age of 60.

Awards

In 1953, Ivchenko and Isaak Shmaruk were nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival

1953 Cannes Film Festival

-Jury:*Jean Cocteau *Louis Chauvet *Titina De Filippo *Guy Desson *Philippe Erlanger *Renée Faure *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais *Abel Gance *André Lang...

for the film "Sudba Mariny".