Ivan Ivanov-Vano

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Ivan Pyetrovich Ivanov-Vano (Russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Ивано́в-Вано́) (February 8, 1900, Moscow – March 25, 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation".

He graduated from Vkhutemas in 1923 and began working at the State Film Technicum in 1929. Since 1939 he was teaching at VGIK (he was granted the title of professor in 1952) where he taught Bulgarian animator Todor Dinov among others. He was a member of the Communist Party since 1951, and was also a member of the board of directors of ASIFA from 1962 on.

Ivanov-Vano was a laureate of numerous festivals.

Contents 1 Films 2 Awards 3 See also 4 Sources

[edit] Films

• China in Flames (1925) - one of the first Soviet animated films. He participated as an artist.
• Ice Rink (1927)
• Sen'ka the African (1927)
• The Adventures of Munchhausen (1928)
• Black and White (1932) - with L.A.Amalriko
• The Tale of the Czar Durondai (1934) - with V.C. and Z.C.Brumberg
• The Dragonfly and the Ant (1935) - with V.C. and Z.C.Brumberg
• Kotofey Kotofeyich (1937)
• Journal of Political Satire 1 (1938)
• Little Liar (Girl) (1938)
• The Three Musketeers (1938)
• Moidodyr (1939 and 1954)
• Ivas' (1940)
• Journal of Political Satire 2 (1944) - with V.C. and Z.C.Brumberg, O.P.Hodataev and A.V.Ivanov
• Stolen Sun (1944)
• Winter Tale (1945)
• The Humpbacked Horse (1947) - remade in 1976
• Geese-Swans (1949) - with A.G.Snezhko-Blotska
• Another's Voice (1949)
• The Story of the Dead Princess and a Brave Family (1951) - based on Pushkin's retelling of Snow White
• The Snow Maiden (1952)
• Forest Concert (1953)
• The Brave Hare (1955)
• The Twelve Months (1956)
• Song about Friendship (1957)
• Once Upon a Time... (1958)
• The Adventures of Buratino (1959) - based on Buratino, a collaboration with Dmitri Babichenko
• The Flying Proletariat (1962) - with I. Boyarskii
• Lefty (1964) - also called The Mechanical Flea
• How One Man Fed Two Generals (1965) - with V.Danilevich
• Go There, Don't Know Where (1966) - with V.Danilevich
• Legend About a Malicious Giant (1968)
• The Seasons of the Year (1969) - based on Tchaikovsky's The Seasons (Troika and Fall)
• The Battle of Kerzhenets (1970) - a collaboration with Yuriy Norshteyn
• Ave Maria (1972)
• The Humpbacked Horse (1976) - remake of 1947 film
• The Magic Lake (1979) - stereo-cartoon(?)
• The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1984) - based on a poem by Pushkin

[edit] Awards

• 1970 - RSFSR Government Award
• 1985 - People's Artist of the USSR

[edit] See also

• History of Russian animation
• List of animated feature films

[edit] Sources

• Giannalberto Bendazzi - Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Animation
• Full filmography at the Animator.ru
• New York Times Biography