Vilen Kalyuta was an Ukrainian cinematographer. He was born on October 22, 1930 in Huliaipole in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine. Kalyuta worked on more than 50 movies during his 40 year career. Notable films by Vilen Kolouta are White Bird with Black Mark, Flying Asleep and Awake, The Legend of Princess Olga, Urga, Burnt by the Sun and the last film he worked on A Friend of the Deceased. Vilen Kalyuta died on November 3, 1999, in Kiev, Ukraine.