A portrait of Rostyslav Synko

Rostyslav Synko

Directing

Born

August 21, 1933

Deceased

October 23, 2010

Biography

Rostyslav Oleksandrovych Synko (August 21, 1933, Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast — October 23, 2010, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and sculptor. He was named an Honored Worker of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR in 1983. He was born in the village of Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast, into the family of an economist. He graduated from the acting department of the Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts named after I. Karpenko-Kary (1955). From 1955 to 1957, he served in the Belarusian Military District Ensemble, performed on stage at the Kyiv Theater for Young Audiences, and then worked at the Kyiv Television Studio (1957–1964). Since 1965, he has been a director at the Ukrteleviz studio. Co-organizer of the Ivan Kavaleridze Memorial Fund (1992) and the I. Kavaleridze Museum-Workshop in Kyiv on Andriivskyi Uzviz, director (1993–2010). He taught at the Kyiv State University of Theater, Music, and Television named after I. Karpenko-Kary. He was a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. He died on October 23, 2010, in Kyiv.

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