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59 Notable alumni of Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television

Updated: June 03, 2026 EliteDegrees

Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television is ranked #9,746 in the world and #144 in Ukraine by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 59 notable alumni from Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Khrystyna Iaroshenko

1. Khrystyna Iaroshenko

1985-. (aged 41)
film producer film director film editor
Khrystyna Yaroshenko (Ukrainian: Христина Ярошенко, born May 18, 1985) is a Ukrainian film producer, editor, and director in New York City. She is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors and the New York Women in Film & Television.
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Anatolii Havrylov

2. Anatolii Havrylov

1932-2021 (aged 89)
cinematographer camera operator
Anatoly Mikhaylovich Havrylov was a Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer. He won the Shevchenko National Prize in 1988 for the Cossacks cartoon series. Havrylov was a Merited Culture Worker of Ukraine (2010).
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Alina Gorlova

3. Alina Gorlova

1992-. (aged 34)
screenwriter film director film editor
Alina Eduardivna Gorlova is a Ukrainian filmmaker, director, and screenwriter, specialising in documentaries. She was inducted into the Ukrainian Film Academy in 2017 and was named as an Honored Artist of Ukraine in 2021.
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Volodymyr Yatsenko

4. Volodymyr Yatsenko

1977-. (aged 49)
film actor film producer
Volodymyr Viktorovych Yatsenko is a Ukrainian film producer.
Andrei Zagdansky

5. Andrei Zagdansky

1956-. (aged 70)
film director
Andrei Zagdansky is an transnational independent documentary filmmaker and producer originally from USSR and Ukraine.
Olena Demyanenko

6. Olena Demyanenko

1966-. (aged 60)
film producer screenwriter film director
Olena Viktorivna Demyanenko is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, and screenwriter. She is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Film Academy and the European Film Academy (since 2018). In 1990 she graduated from the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts.
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Ihor Haidai

7. Ihor Haidai

1961-. (aged 65)
photographer painter
Ihor Mykolaiovych Haidai is a Ukrainian photo artist and one of the founders of the National Union of Photographers of Ukraine.
Olha Ilyina

8. Olha Ilyina

1937-2014 (aged 77)
film actor theatrical director stage actor
Olha Oleksiivna Ilyina was a Ukrainian actress and director. People's Artist of Ukraine.
Larysa Artiugina

9. Larysa Artiugina

1971-. (aged 55)
actor screenwriter film director
Larysa Mykhailivna Artyugina is a Ukrainian documentary film director and activist. She is a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, the Union of Theater Actors of Ukraine, the creative association Babylon'13 and the Assembly of Cultural Figures of Ukraine. She also heads the public organization New Donbas NGO and produces work on the docUA Platform of Ukrainian Documentaries.
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Serhii Bukovskyi

10. Serhii Bukovskyi

1960-. (aged 66)
film director
Serhii Anatoliiovych Bukovskyi is a Ukrainian documentary film director and actor. Bukovskyi is a member of the Board of the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers and laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize. He was awarded the honorary title of Merited Artist of Ukraine in 1996 and the title People's Artist of Ukraine in 2008. Representing the critical school of Ukrainian documentary...
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Serhiy Mykhalchuk

11. Serhiy Mykhalchuk

1972-. (aged 54)
cinematographer
Serhiy Mykhalchuk is a Ukrainian cinematographer. He graduated in 1994 from the Kyiv Theater Institute of Karpenko-Karyj. In addition to film work, Mykhalchuk has also produced documentaries and television feature films, music videos, and advertising features.
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Vasyl Vovkun

12. Vasyl Vovkun

1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Vasyl Volodymyrovych Vovkun was Minister for Culture and Tourism of Ukraine in the second Tymoshenko Government.
Natalia Marchenkova

13. Natalia Marchenkova

1948-. (aged 78)
animator film director
Natalya Semyonovna Marchenkova is a Soviet and Ukrainian animator and animation director.
Andrii Sharaskin

14. Andrii Sharaskin

1977-. (aged 49)
director actor soldier politician
Andriy Andriiovych Sharaskin is a Ukrainian actor, military commander, and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of the Holos party since 2020. Prior to his election, he served in the war in Donbas, commanding Cyborgs from the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport.
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Volodymyr Tykhyi

15. Volodymyr Tykhyi

1970-. (aged 56)
film producer screenwriter film director
Volodymyr Viktorovych Tykhyi is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and film producer of documentaries and feature films. He is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, and he is a 2018 winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine for a series of historical and documentary films about the Revolution of Dignity.
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Anatolii Palamarenko

16. Anatolii Palamarenko

1939-. (aged 87)
actor
Anatoliy Nestorovych Palamarenko is a Ukrainian singer, actor and professor who is the Hero of Ukraine and Shevchenko National Prize laureate.
Larysa Khorolets

17. Larysa Khorolets

1948-2022 (aged 74)
actor playwright politician
Larysa Ivanivna Khorolets was a Ukrainian actress, playwright, cultural manager, politician, and academic teacher. She played at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater from 1973 to 1990. She served as the Minister of Culture of Ukraine in the Ukrainian SSR from August 1991, and upon Ukraine's independence later that year, serving until 1992. Afterward, she held positions in cultural...
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Mykhaylo Melnyk

18. Mykhaylo Melnyk

1957-. (aged 69)
actor screenwriter director
Mikhaylo Vasyliovych Melnyk is a Ukrainian theater director, theater actor, screenwriter, music editor, musician. Honored Artist of Ukraine (1994), People's Artist of Ukraine (2005), Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2007). Founder, artistic director, director and the only actor of the one-of-a-kind Theater of one actor "Scream" in Dnipro.
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Lada Luzina

19. Lada Luzina

1972-. (aged 54)
theatre critic screenwriter journalist
Vladislava Kucherova, better known by the pen name Lada Luzina (Ukrainian: Лада Лузіна), is a Ukrainian author and former journalist. Nicknamed the "Kyiv Witch", she writes novels in Russian within the crime and fantasy genres.
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Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy

20. Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy

1974-. (aged 52)
screenwriter director film director film producer actor
Myroslav Mykhailovych Slaboshpytskyi is a Ukrainian film director.
Iryna Tsilyk

21. Iryna Tsilyk

1982-. (aged 44)
filmmaker film director poet screenwriter director
Iryna Tsilyk is a Ukrainian filmmaker and writer, the member of European Film Academy, Ukrainian PEN International. The winner of the “Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary” for the film "The Earth Is Blue as an Orange" at 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
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Oles Sanin

22. Oles Sanin

1972-. (aged 54)
actor manufacturer cinematographer screenwriter film director
Oles Hennadiyovych Sanin is a Ukrainian film director, actor, cinematographer, producer, musician and sculptor. An Honored Artist of Ukraine (2014); he was also awarded the Alexander Dovzhenko Ukrainian State Award.
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Oleg Zagorodnii

23. Oleg Zagorodnii

1987-. (aged 39)
television actor stage actor actor film actor
Oleg Zagorodnii is a Ukrainian actor best known for the 2021 gay romantic war drama film Firebird.
Valentyn Vasyanovych

24. Valentyn Vasyanovych

1971-. (aged 55)
screenwriter film director cinematographer film editor
Valentyn Mykolayovych Vasyanovych is a Ukrainian film director. He is best known for his two films on post-traumatic stress disorder following armed conflict, Atlantis (2019), and Reflection (2021).
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Nariman Aliev

25. Nariman Aliev

1992-. (aged 34)
screenwriter film director film editor
Nariman Ridvanovych Aliev is a Ukrainian director and screenwriter of Crimean Tatar origin. Winner of The National Film Critics Award "Kinokolo" 2019 (Best Director and Best Film).
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Vitalii Malakhov

26. Vitalii Malakhov

1954-2021 (aged 67)
drama teacher theatrical director
Vitalii Yukhymovych Malakhov was a Ukrainian theatre director and artistic manager-director of the Kyiv Drama Theater on Podil. He was nominated as the People's Artist of Ukraine in 2008. He was also the laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize in the field of art in 2008.
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Anna Kovalenko

27. Anna Kovalenko

1991-. (aged 35)
journalist politician
Anna Mykolayivna Kovalenko is a Ukrainian political figure, activist, and journalist. Kovalenko was the Governor of Chernihiv Oblast from 13 October 2020 until 4 August 2021, and previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 29 August 2019 until her resignation on 10 September 2019. She is a member of Servant of the People.
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Antonio Lukich

28. Antonio Lukich

1992-. (aged 34)
screenwriter television director film director
Antonio Lukić, known professionally as Antonio Lukich, is a Ukrainian filmmaker who was born in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Throughout his career, Antonio has achieved much success, gaining awards at an international and nationally recognised level. One such award is the Merited Artist of Ukraine awarded to him in March, 2021. This state honorary decoration is awarded to those who make significant...
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Les Tanyuk

29. Les Tanyuk

1938-2016 (aged 78)
film director director writer translator screenwriter
Leonid Stepanovych Tanyuk was a Ukrainian theatre and film director, Soviet dissident and politician. A founder of the Artistic Youths' Club in Kyiv in the early 1960s, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 2007—representing Kyiv, Drohobych and Ukraine's 166th electoral district for the People's Movement of Ukraine before later being elected on the proportional list...
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Natalya Vasko

30. Natalya Vasko

1972-. (aged 54)
actor
Natalya Lubomyrivna Vasko is a Ukrainian actress and television presenter. From 1999 to 2019, she was a leading actress of the Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre. She won the Golden Dzyga award in the "Best Supporting Actress" category in the film The Nest of the Turtledove (2017). She is also a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy.
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Petro Maha

31. Petro Maha

1971-. (aged 55)
television presenter stage actor songwriter lyricist screenwriter
Petro Maha is a Ukrainian-Rusyn actor, song and playwright, television host, and one of the presenters of the Shuster LIVE political show. He is an author of lyrics for several Ukrainian singers including Pavlo Zibrov. Maha is a Merited Artist of Ukraine.
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Gregory Hlady

32. Gregory Hlady

1954-. (aged 72)
television actor director film actor theatrical director teacher
Gregory Stepanovych Hlady is a Ukrainian and Canadian actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1973. He starred in Music for December, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
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Vitalina Bibliv

33. Vitalina Bibliv

1980-. (aged 46)
actor
Vitalina Mykolaivna Bibliv is a Ukrainian theater, film and television actress. Winner of the Golden Yula National Prize (2019), Honored Artist of Ukraine (2020).
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Rayisa Nedashkivska

34. Rayisa Nedashkivska

1943-. (aged 83)
actor screenwriter
Rayisa Nedashkivska is a Ukrainian and Soviet-era theater and cinema actress.
Yevhen Pluzhnyk

35. Yevhen Pluzhnyk

1898-1936 (aged 38)
poet writer translator
Yevhen Pavlovych Pluzhnyk was a Ukrainian poet, playwright and translator.
Yurii Tymoshenko

36. Yurii Tymoshenko

1919-1986 (aged 67)
screenwriter film director actor comedian
Yury Trochymovych Tymoshenko was a Ukrainian Soviet actor, film director, screenwriter and spoken word artist. He was winner of the Stalin Prize (1950) and People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1960).
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Liudmyla Barbir

37. Liudmyla Barbir

1982-. (aged 44)
film actor television presenter
Liudmyla Hryhorivna Barbir is a Ukrainian actress and TV presenter, cohosting the morning show Breakfast with 1+1 on the channel 1+1.
Roman Balayan

38. Roman Balayan

1941-. (aged 85)
actor screenwriter film director
Roman Gurgenovich Balayan is a Ukrainian-Armenian film director.
Anastasia Zurkalova

39. Anastasia Zurkalova

1991-. (aged 35)
stage actor film actor
Anastasia Dmytrivna Ziurkalova is a Ukrainian stage and film actress. She is best known for roles in the film Aurora (2006) and TV series The Sniffer (2015).
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Akhtem Seitablayev

40. Akhtem Seitablayev

1972-. (aged 54)
theatrical director stage actor film director film actor
Akhtem Shevketovych Seitablayev is a Ukrainian actor, screenwriter and film director of Crimean Tatar origin. He is the director of several high-profile films, including Haytarma in 2013 and Another's Prayer in 2017. He has expressed opposition to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and his films about the fate of several prominent Crimean Tatars have been praised throughout...
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Yevhen Nyshchuk

41. Yevhen Nyshchuk

1972-. (aged 54)
stage actor statesperson actor politician
Yevhen Mykolayovych Nyshchuk is a Ukrainian theater and cinema actor, Merited Artist of Ukraine and a former Minister of Culture of Ukraine. He held the post from February to December 2014, and again from April 2016 to August 2019.
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Natalka Denysenko

42. Natalka Denysenko

1989-. (aged 37)
film actor
Nataliya Oleksandrivna Denysenko is a Ukrainian actress, director and TV presenter.
Yanina Sokolova

43. Yanina Sokolova

1984-. (aged 42)
television presenter journalist social activist actor television producer
Yanina Mykhailivna Sokolova is a Ukrainian journalist, activist, television presenter and actress. She works as the host of the "Rendezvous" and "Cinema" programs on Channel 5, "Shame!" program on Channel 4 and YouTube, as well as on the "Evening with Yanina Sokolova" channel on YouTube. She is the author of the multimedia project "Ya, Nina", based on real events from...
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Ivan Mykolaichuk

44. Ivan Mykolaichuk

1941-1987 (aged 46)
actor screenwriter film screenwriter film actor film director
Ivan Vasylyovych Mykolaichuk was a Ukrainian actor, producer, and screen writer.
Halyna Bezruk

45. Halyna Bezruk

1988-. (aged 38)
actor singer
Halyna Anatolyivna Bezruk is a Ukrainian actress and singer. In 2012, she became a finalist in the second season of the reality talent show Holos Krainy. Bezruk's mostly notable roles include the TV series Servant of the People, "The Last Muscovite" and "House of Happiness".
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Bohdan Beniuk

46. Bohdan Beniuk

1957-. (aged 69)
presenter television presenter actor politician
Bohdan Mykhailovych Beniuk is a Ukrainian film and theatre actor and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2012 to 2014. People's Artist of Ukraine (1996). Along with Anatoliy Khostikoiev, he is a creator of the Theatrical company Beniuk and Khostikoiev.
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Natalia Vlashchenko

47. Natalia Vlashchenko

1960-. (aged 66)
playwright publisher screenwriter manufacturer television presenter
Natalia Vlaschenko is a Ukrainian journalist, theatrologist, screenwriter, television presenter, playwright, producer, columnist, publisher and contributing editor. She is the general producer of the Ukrainian TV-channel "ZIK", the ex-editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian socio-political magazine "Public people", and Honored Journalist of Ukraine.
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Alexander Rodnyansky

48. Alexander Rodnyansky

1961-. (aged 65)
manufacturer screenwriter film director film producer television producer
Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media-manager Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network 1+1 and ran Russian CTC Media, which under his management became the first Russian media company to publicly trade on NASDAQ.
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Vladimir Bortko

49. Vladimir Bortko

1946-. (aged 80)
television director television producer film actor film producer screenwriter
Vladimir Vladimirovich Bortko is a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was a member of the State Duma between 2011 and 2021, and was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia.
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Ruslana Pysanka

50. Ruslana Pysanka

1965-2022 (aged 57)
television presenter presenter weather presenter actor film actor
Ruslana Ihorivna Pysanka was a Ukrainian actress and cinematographer. She hosted several television shows, and appeared in international films. Pysanka became known as a lead presenter of the weather forecast on the Inter channel.
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Andrey Kharitonov

51. Andrey Kharitonov

1959-2019 (aged 60)
actor television actor director
Andrey Igorevich Kharitonov was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director, screenwriter. He is best known for roles in films The Gadfly, The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta and The Invisible Man.
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Ivan Dorn

52. Ivan Dorn

1988-. (aged 38)
television presenter entrepreneur actor presenter singer
Ivan Oleksandrovich Dorn, born Ivan Aleksandrovich Eryomin (Russian: Иван Александрович Ерёмин; born 17 October 1988), is a Ukrainian singer and actor. He is also active as a DJ, TV presenter and producer, and a former member of the band Para Normalnyh (Пара Нормальных). Since 2010 he has been a solo artist. His music combines elements of house, disco, pop, jazz,...
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Elina Bystritskaya

53. Elina Bystritskaya

1928-2019 (aged 91)
public figure drama teacher singer actor
Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya was a Ukrainian-born Soviet and Russian stage and film actress and theater pedagogue. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses in the Soviet and Russian film industry. Her career spanned six decades.
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Oleksiy Gorbunov

54. Oleksiy Gorbunov

1961-. (aged 65)
singer television presenter presenter actor radio personality
Oleksiy Serhiyovych Horbunov is a Ukrainian film, television and stage actor. He has been named an Honored Artist of Ukraine (1991) and a People's Artist of Ukraine (2016).
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Stanislav Boklan

55. Stanislav Boklan

1960-. (aged 66)
actor film actor
Stanislav Volodymyrovych Boklan is a Ukrainian theater and film actor. Some notable works include The Guide (2013), Battle for Sevastopol (2015), Servant of the People 2 (2016), and the television series Servant of the People (2015–2019).
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Olga Sumska

56. Olga Sumska

1966-. (aged 60)
television presenter actor presenter
Olha Sumska is a Ukrainian actress of theater and cinema, television hostess, recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize in 1996 and the People's Artist of Ukraine (2009). In 2006 she attempted to run for a mayor of Kyiv.
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Ada Rohovtseva

57. Ada Rohovtseva

1937-. (aged 89)
stage actor drama teacher actor film actor
Ada Mykolaivna Rohovtseva is a Ukrainian and former Soviet stage and film actress. She has appeared in over 30 films and television shows since 1957. Professor at the National University of Culture. She won the award for Best Actress at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Hail, Mary!.
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Bohdan Stupka

58. Bohdan Stupka

1941-2012 (aged 71)
stage actor politician pedagogue actor film actor
Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka was a Ukrainian actor and minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian parents. In 2001, he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in Our Own.
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Mykhailo Urytskyi

59. Mykhailo Urytskyi

1965-. (aged 61)
theatrical director
Mykhailo Urytskyi is a Ukrainian puppet theater director, and a teacher at The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
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