Viktor Ivchenko

Viktor Illarionovich Ivchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Іларіонович Івченко) was a film director and writer in Soviet Ukraine.

Ivchenko was born in the village of Bohodukhov, (Ukrainian: Богодухов) Kharkiv Oblast, on October 9, 1912.

He wrote scripts for "Lisova Pisnya" (1963) and "Annychka" (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 for the film "Sudba Mariny".