Vilen Kalyuta was born on October 22, 1930 in Gulyaypole, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Huliaipole, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine] as Vilen Aleksandrovich Kalyuta. He is known for his work on Close to Eden (1991), Burnt by the Sun (1994) and Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968). He died on November 3, 1999 in Kiev, Ukraine.