Grigoriy Desyatnik

Grigoriy Desyatnik

Soviet and Ukrainian director and screenwriter of documentary films
Date of Birth: 04.05.1946
Country: Ukraine
  1. Yuriy Lutsenko: Ukrainian Filmmaker and Media Educator
  2. Career in Film and Television
  3. Contributions to Ukrainian Television
  4. He also produced significant television series such as:
  5. - "History of Kyiv"
  6. - "And a Kind Word to Honor," "Samoylo Velychko," and others

Yuriy Lutsenko: Ukrainian Filmmaker and Media Educator

Yuriy Lutsenko was a renowned Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, media theorist, educator, composer, and lyricist.

Career in Film and Television

From 1973 to 2003, Lutsenko served as a director for the Ukrainian Studio of Television Films. During his tenure, he authored over 100 scientific, documentary, and educational television and film productions, dozens of screenplays and narrations, and several textbooks on film and television directing and media journalism.

Contributions to Ukrainian Television

Lutsenko is credited with creating the genre of scientific-documentary television films on Ukrainian television. His 1987 film "Roads of Discovery" received the top award at the International Festival of Popular Science Films in Paris.

He also produced significant television series such as:

- "History of Electric Welding" (8 episodes)
- "History of Kyiv" (13 episodes)
- "Museums of Kyiv" (12 episodes)
Notable Film Productions
Lutsenko directed a wide range of films, including:
- "Serious Exam"
- "Algorithm of Quality"
- "Eternal Fire"
- "Chernihiv"
- "Lutsk"
- "Slavyanogorsk"
- "Tarkhankut"
- "Takeoff Permitted"
- "In the Foundry Department"
- "Metals and Alloys from Steam"
- "How to Tame a Crack"
- "Operations Research"
- "Elements of Linear Programming"
Screenplays

In addition to his work as a director, Lutsenko authored screenplays for several television series and documentaries, including:

- "History of Kyiv"

- "Museums of Kyiv"
- "History of Ukraine" (5 episodes)

- "Kyiv Architects": "Johann-Gottfried Schedel," "Stepan Kovnir," "Andriy Melynsky," "Ivan Hryhorovych-Barsky," "Oleksandr Schiele," "Oleksandr Verbitsky," and "Valerian Rykov"

- "And a Kind Word to Honor," "Samoylo Velychko," and others

He also wrote the narration for the feature-length documentary "Landscape of the Soul after Confession: A Portrait of Hryhoriy Skovoroda."