Yuriy Victorovich Meshcheryakov (Russian: Юрий Викторович Мещеряков; 27 August 1946 in Moscow – 6 October 2001 in Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian animator, one of a number of outstanding Soviet animators, who worked at the end of the "golden era" of Soviet animation.
Yuriy Meshcheryakov Юрий Мещеряков | |
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| Born | Yuriy Victorovich Meshcheryakov 27 August 1946 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 6 October 2001 (aged 55) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Occupation(s) | animator, art director, artist |
| Years active | 1973–2000 |
Biography edit
Yuriy was born in Moscow on 27 August 1946.
In 1965 he graduated from the College of Architecture in Moscow.
He attended a course for animators at the studio "Soyuzmultfilm" in 1971 – 1972 year.
Yuriy Meshcheryakov was invited to work on The Films of The Great Soviet directors like Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Roman Kachanov, Fedor Khitruk and other masters.
He made a unique contribution to fifty cartoon films.[1]
When the Soviet animation lost with the collapse of the USSR, Yuri grieved unemployment and economic crisis.
He died on 6 October 2001.
Selected filmography edit
Art Director edit
- 1989 – The Lake on The Bottom of The Sea (Озеро на дне моря)
Animator edit
- 1975 – How the Cossacks Bought the Salt[2] (Как казаки соль покупали)
- 1982 – About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Thiere Hen Ryaba[3] (О деде, бабе и курочке Рябе)
- 1984 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Сказака о царе Салтане)
- 1984 – Lev i byk[4] (Лев и бык)
- 1985– Dereza[5] (Дереза)
- 1987 – The Porridge of Bogatyr[6][7] (Богатызская каша)
- 1988 – The Incident with a Hippopotamus[8] (Случай с бегемотом)
- 1992 – Glasha and Kikimora[9][10] (Глаша и Кикимора)
- 1995 – People: A Musical Celebration[11]
Artist edit
- 1991 – Submarine Berets[12]
References edit
- ^ The Full Filmografy of Yuriy Meshcheryakov on the site about The History of Russian animation "ANIMATOR.RU"
- ^ "How the Cossacks Bought the Salt" on IMDb
- ^ "About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Thiere Hen Ryaba" on ANIMATOR.RU
- ^ "Lev i byk" on IMDb
- ^ "Dereza" on ANIMATOR.RU
- ^ "The Porridge of Bogatyr" on IMDb (named as "Bogatyrskaya kasha")
- ^ "The Porridge of Bogatyr" on ANIMATOR.RU
- ^ The "Incident with a Hippopotamus" on ANIMATOR.RU
- ^ "Glasha and Kikimora" on ANIMATOR.RU
- ^ "Glasha and Kikimora" on IMDb
- ^ "People: A Musical Celebration" on IMDb
- ^ "Submarine Berets" on ANIMATOR.RU
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