Leonid Osyka

Directing

Born
March 8, 1940
Died
September 16, 2001
Place of birth
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.