Yuriy Illienko (18 Yuli 1936 – 15 Yuni 2010) darektan fina-finai ne na kasar Ukraine kuma marubucin fim . Ya jagoranci fina-finai goma sha biyu tsakanin 1965 zuwa 2002. Fim ɗinsa na 1970 The White Bird Marked with Black ya shiga cikin gasar bikin fina-finai na duniya na Moscow karo na 7 inda ya lashe kyautar zinare. Ilyenko ya kasance daya daga cikin masu shirya fina-finai na Ukraine. Fina-finansa sun wakilci Ukraine da abin da ke faruwa da a kasar. An dakatar da fina-finansa a cikin USSR saboda abin da ake zargin su na alamun kin Soviet wato "anti-Soviet". Sai a shekarun baya-bayan nan aka sake fitar da fina-finan sa da kuma aka bude izinin kallon ga jama’a. An haifi Illienko a Cherkasy a cikin shekara ta 1936 amma an tsiratar dasu a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu shi da sauran dangainsa inda aka kwashe su zuwa Siberiya yayin da mahaifinsa yana cikin Red Army. Ya sauke karatu a makarantar sakandare a Moscow da kuma a 1960 Gerasimov Cibiyar Cinematography a 1960. Daga 1960 zuwa 1963 ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan daukar hoto a Yalta Film Studio.