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Ivan Ivanov-Vano

Soviet animation director and screenwriter (1900-1987) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 87

Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano, born Ivanov, was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). One of the pioneers of the Soviet animation school, he is sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation".

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1987Died25 March 19871985People's Artist of the USSRAward1984The Tale of Tsar SaltanFilm, Director, Writer1975The Humpbacked HorseFilm, Director, Writer1971The Battle of KerzhenetsFilm, Director, Writer1970Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSRAward1967The Legend of the Cruel GiantFilm, Director, Writer1964Left-HanderFilm, Director, Writer1957Once Upon a TimeFilm, Director1955A Brave HareFilm, Director, Writer1952The Snow MaidenFilm, Director, Writer1947The Hunchedback HorseFilm, Director1943The Stolen SunFilm, Director, Writer1938The Three MusketeersFilm, Director, Writer1935The Grasshopper and the AntFilm, Director1927Senka the AfricanFilm, Director1900Born27 January 1900

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Awards

People's Artist of the USSR1985
Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR1970
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1985.

Country
Russia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1987 · aged 87

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