Stanislav Sokolov
Encyclopedia
Stanislav Mihaylovich Sokolov is a Russia
n stop-motion animation
director. He graduated from VGIK in 1971 and has since then worked with Studios Soyuzmultfilm
, DEFA, Christmasfilms and S4C
. He was awarded a number of prizes for his films, most notably an Emmy in 1992 for his contribution to The Animated Shakespeare series. Sokolov is teaching at VGIK, where he is Professor for Animation and Computer Graphics.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n stop-motion animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
director. He graduated from VGIK in 1971 and has since then worked with Studios 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...
, DEFA, Christmasfilms and S4C
S4C
S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...
. He was awarded a number of prizes for his films, most notably an Emmy in 1992 for his contribution to The Animated Shakespeare series. Sokolov is teaching at VGIK, where he is Professor for Animation and Computer Graphics.
Filmography
- The Guess (1977)
- About Ruff Ruffovich
- Der Soldat und der Garten
- The Homeless Hobgoblings
- The Fish Carriage
- Black and White Cinema
- Falling Shadow
- The Great Underground Ball
- The Gold Sword,
- And what's under the mask?
- Shakespeare: the Animated TalesShakespeare: the Animated Talesthumb|right|[[Banquo]] and [[Fleance]] from the "Macbeth" episode. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales comprised two six-part television series, first broadcast in 1992 and 1994...
— The Tempest - Shakespeare: the Animated TalesShakespeare: the Animated Talesthumb|right|[[Banquo]] and [[Fleance]] from the "Macbeth" episode. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales comprised two six-part television series, first broadcast in 1992 and 1994...
— The Winter's Tale - The Miracle MakerThe Miracle MakerThe Miracle Maker is a stop motion-animated film about the life of Jesus Christ through the eyes of a young girl, Tamar, the daughter of the Biblical Jairus who is raised from death by Jesus Some clips of the film are animated cartoons instead of stop motion.The film was directed by...
- Our Father (Christian prayer)
- Alfatitah (Muslim prayer)
- Shema Israel (Jewish prayer)
- GofmaniadaGofmaniadaHoffmaniada is a stop motion-animated feature film from Russian studio Soyuzmultfilm. The concept and all of the art design was done by Mikhail Shemyakin and it is being directed by Stanislav Sokolov....
(in production at what is left of SoyuzmultfilmSoyuzmultfilmSoyuzmultfilm 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...
, being backed by Mikhail Shemyakin)
External links
- The Russian Animation Database's entry on Stanislav Sokolov at the 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...
- The New York Times' entry on the Miracle Maker
- A couple of Gofmaniada links (all in Russian):