Konstantin Eduardovich Bronzit (b. April 12, 1965 in Leningrad

Leningrad

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Russia

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Animator

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 and animation film director

Film director

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He is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Repin Institute of Fine Art in 1983. He worked as an artist-animator at the animated film studio Lennauchfilm (Studio of Popular Science Films), which created educational animations. It was there that he completed his first film, Merry-Go-Round or The Round-About , in 1988.

In 1992, he graduated from the V. Mukhina Leningrad Higher Art and Industrial Academy and in 1994 from the "Higher Courses in Scriptwriting and Directing in Moscow

Moscow

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" under the tutorship of Fyodor Khitruk

Fyodor Khitruk

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From 1993-1995 he worked as a scriptwriter, director and animator at the Moscow Animation Studio "Pilot", where he created several short films. From 1996-1999 he worked at the studio Pozitiv TV. In 1999 he completed his short film At the Ends of the Earth, which was aggressively pushed around the film festival

Film festival

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 circuit by the French distributor Folimage

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, eventually gathering nearly 70 awards.

Since 1999 he has worked at Melnitsa Animation Studio

Melnitsa Animation Studio

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, where he served as art director

Art director

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 in the projects Adventures in Emerald City (1999–2000) and Little Longnose

Little Longnose

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(2003).

In 2004 he served as the director of the animated feature film Alosha. According to Bronzit, the very short timeframe (only a year was given to them to complete the film) forced him to write the script at the same time as the film was being animated. The film was a success in Russia, and spawned another two films by different directors in the same vein.

His 2007 short film Lavatory Lovestory won the Best Scenario Award at the 12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film

12th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film

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 and got the 3rd-best rating among the jury and is nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2009. His film, At The Ends Of The Earth, was included in the Animation Show of Shows

Animation show of shows

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External links

• Konstantin Bronzit at the Animator.ru
  Animator.ru
  Animator.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...
  
  
• Short biography at Melnitsa Animation Studio
• At the Ends of the Earth (watch for free, legally)
• CTB Biography
• Article about his feature film Alosha
• Extensive interview with Bronzit