Vladimir Tarasov
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Vladimir Tarasov is a Russian
animator
and animation director
. He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute (Moscow Fine Art and Design University) from 1965 until 1970.
Since 1957 he worked at the studio Soyuzmultfilm
first as an animator and then as an art director with V. Y. Bordzilovsky, M. A. Botoba and V. D. Degtyareva and then from 1970 till 1991 as the director. He is one of the founders of "Studio 13" and worked there as a director during the period 1991-1994. He was also an organizer and founder of the film schools in Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA) in India (also a teacher and director in the period from 1995 to 1999) and Tarbiat Modares University
in Iran from 2000 till 2004.
He has worked with artists M. S. Zherebchevsky, V. Peskov, N. I. Koshkin, S. P. Tyunina and others.
He received the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR
in 1989.
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...
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
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
. He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute (Moscow Fine Art and Design University) from 1965 until 1970.
Since 1957 he worked at the studio 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...
first as an animator and then as an art director with V. Y. Bordzilovsky, M. A. Botoba and V. D. Degtyareva and then from 1970 till 1991 as the director. He is one of the founders of "Studio 13" and worked there as a director during the period 1991-1994. He was also an organizer and founder of the film schools in Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA) in India (also a teacher and director in the period from 1995 to 1999) and Tarbiat Modares University
Tarbiat Modares University
Tarbiat Modares University is located in Tehran, Iran, and was founded in 1982. Tarbiat Modares University is the only exclusively graduate university in Iran, and is a highly reputed university, which was actually funded to train university professors.-Faculties and academics:TMU includes seven...
in Iran from 2000 till 2004.
He has worked with artists M. S. Zherebchevsky, V. Peskov, N. I. Koshkin, S. P. Tyunina and others.
He received the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR
Meritorious Artist
Meritorious Artist , also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist or Honorable Actor) is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union republics, and Autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern bloc states, as well as in a...
in 1989.
Work
- Cowboys in the City, 1973
- ContactContact (animated short film)Contact or Kontakt is an award-winning 1978 Soviet animated short film.-Plot:A painter leaves the town and walks around countryside. While he is resting on the grass, humming the melody of "Speak Softly Love" - the Love Theme From The Godfather, a large spaceship lands near him...
(Контакт), 1978 - Shooting RangeShooting Range (animated short film)Shooting Range is a 1979 Soviet animation film directed by Vladimir Tarasov. The film is close to twenty minutes in length and contains a large amount of seemingly nonsensical, semi-abstract imagery, all set to jazz...
(Тир), 1979 - ButtonButton (animated short film)Button is a Soviet animated film directed by Vladimir Tarasov and released by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1982.-Plot:Dissatisfied with a torn shirt button, an artist redraws a self portrait with the button in place. He then goes on and changes the portrait into a young man in an expensive suit...
(Пуговица), 1982 - ContractContract (animated short film)Contract is a 1985 Soviet/Russian animation based on the short science fiction story Company Store by Robert Silverberg and directed by Vladimir Tarasov. The song I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby is used in the animation.-Plot:...
(Контракт), 1985 - Pereval (Перевал), 1988
- The 17th and 18th episodes of Nu, pogodi!Nu, pogodi!Nu, pogodi! is a Soviet/Russian animated series produced by Soyuzmultfilm. The series was created in 1969 and became a popular cartoon of the Soviet Union. Additional episodes have been produced in Russia since 2006...
(Ну, погоди!) (1994-95)