Les Tanyuk was born on August 7, 1938 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Famine '33 (1991), Tikhaya semeyka (1969) and Pushkinskiye skazki (1973). He was married to Nelly N. Kornienko. He died on March 18, 2016 in Ukraine.