Les Tanyuk was born on August 7, 1938 in Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Holod 33 (1991), Tikhaya semeyka (1969) and Myna Mazaylo (1991). He was married to Nelly N. Kornienko. He died on March 18, 2016 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
