Leonid Amalrik
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Leonid Alekseyevich Amalrik was a Russia
Russia
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n animator
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 animation director
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.

He was born on July 8, 1905 in Moscow
Moscow
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. He graduated from the State college of cinema (now VGIK) in 1928. From 1926, he worked in Mezhrabpom-Rus studio (first as a scene painter assistant, and then as an animator). In 1936 he moved to the newly created Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm
Soyuzmultfilm is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Over the years it has gained international attention and respect, garnering numerous awards both at home and abroad. Noted for a great variety of style, it is regarded as the most influential animation studio of the former Soviet Union...

 studio. Initially he worked in a genre of politic satire, and then became keen on modern fairy tales (together with Vladimir Polovnikov). The first cartoon that he directed himself was Arrow Flies into a Fairy Tale . His last was Terem-Teremok .

His wife Nadezhda Mikhailovna Privalova, an artist, worked with him on many of his cartoons.

External links

  • Leonid Amalrik at the Animator.ru
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    (English and Russian)
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