Ivan Maximov
Encyclopedia
Ivan Leonidovich Maximov is an artist, professional animator
and director.
. He studied photography at the Biophysical Institute in Moscow
till 1976. From 1976 - 1982 Maximov studied at the Physical-Technical Institute in Moscow
. He worked as an illustrator for various magazines and from 1982 to 1986 he was an engineer
at the Russian Space Research Institute
. Between 1986 and 1989 Maximov took advanced studies in Film Directing and Script writing.
In the early 1990s, Maximov became involved with Russian gaming magazine and television series, Dendy: The New Reality . Here he was in charge of designing Dendy the Elephant, Dendy's trademark mascot.
Starting in 1995 Maximov worked as "virtual studio IVAN MAXIMOV" where he set up his studio at home to work on film, video and computer animation. He worked as a caricaturist for VREMYA mn and in 2000 and 2001 he worked as a caricaturist for VREMYA NOVOSTEY.
In 2003, Maximov created the computer game Full Pipe
at PIPE-STUDIO. The same year, he also began teaching film directing and script writing at school-studio SHAR
and VGIK.
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
and director.
Biography
Ivan Maximov was born on 19 November 1958 in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. He studied photography at the Biophysical Institute in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
till 1976. From 1976 - 1982 Maximov studied at the Physical-Technical Institute in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. He worked as an illustrator for various magazines and from 1982 to 1986 he was an engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
at the Russian Space Research Institute
Russian Space Research Institute
The Russian Space Research Institute is the leading organization of the Russian Academy of Sciences on space exploration to benefit fundamental science....
. Between 1986 and 1989 Maximov took advanced studies in Film Directing and Script writing.
In the early 1990s, Maximov became involved with Russian gaming magazine and television series, Dendy: The New Reality . Here he was in charge of designing Dendy the Elephant, Dendy's trademark mascot.
Starting in 1995 Maximov worked as "virtual studio IVAN MAXIMOV" where he set up his studio at home to work on film, video and computer animation. He worked as a caricaturist for VREMYA mn and in 2000 and 2001 he worked as a caricaturist for VREMYA NOVOSTEY.
In 2003, Maximov created the computer game Full Pipe
Full Pipe
Full Pipe is a computer game developed by Russian PIPE studio. It features script and animation by celebrated Russian cartoonist, Ivan Maximov.-Release history:...
at PIPE-STUDIO. The same year, he also began teaching film directing and script writing at school-studio SHAR
Shar
In the Unix operating system, shar is an archive format. A shar file is a shell script, and executing it will recreate the files. This is a type of self-extracting archive file. It can be created with the Unix shar utility...
and VGIK.
Animated films
Most of these films can be viewed in their entirety on his official website.- From Left to Right (1989)
- 5/4 (1990)
- Provincial School (1992)
- Bolero (1992)
- N + 2 (1993)
- Libido of Benjamino (1994)
- The Strings (1996)
- 2 Trams (1997)
- Luba (2001)
- Slow Bistro (2003)
- Wind Along the Coast (2003)
- The Spate (2004)
- Tonnelage (2005)
- Rain Down from Above (2007)
- The Additional Capabilities of the Snout (2008)
- Tides to and fro (2010)
External links
- Ivan Maximov's PipeStudio site
- Filmography (films can be viewed at this link)
- Full filmography at animator.ruAnimator.ruAnimator.ru is a Russian website chronicling the films, people and studios of the animation industry in Russia, the former Soviet Union and the CIS. It also includes a forum, a news block, a photo-gallery and an animators labour exchange...
- Ivan Maximov's YouTube account
- Ivan Maximov's Kroogi account
- Ivan Maximov's LiveJournal