Directing

Leonid Osyka

Born March 8, 1940 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

Biography

Leonid Mikhailovich Osyka (Ukrainian: Леонід Михайлович Осика) (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.