Yuriy Meshcheryakov

Yuriy Victorovich Meshcheryakov (Russian: Юрий Викторович Мещеряков; 27 August 1946 in Moscow – 6 October 2001 in Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian animator, one of a number of outstanding Soviet animators, who worked at the end of the "golden era" of Soviet animation.

Yuriy Meshcheryakov
Юрий Мещеряков
Born
Yuriy Victorovich Meshcheryakov

(1946-08-27)27 August 1946
Moscow, Soviet Union
Died6 October 2001(2001-10-06) (aged 55)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Occupation(s)animator, art director, artist
Years active1973–2000

Biography

Yuriy was born in Moscow on 27 August 1946.

In 1965 he graduated from the College of Architecture in Moscow.

He attended a course for animators at the studio "Soyuzmultfilm" in 1971 – 1972 year.

Yuriy Meshcheryakov was invited to work on The Films of The Great Soviet directors like Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Roman Kachanov, Fedor Khitruk and other masters.

He made a unique contribution to fifty cartoon films.[1]

When the Soviet animation lost with the collapse of the USSR, Yuri grieved unemployment and economic crisis.

He died on 6 October 2001.

Selected filmography

Art Director
  • 1989 – The Lake on The Bottom of The Sea (Озеро на дне моря)

Animator
  • 1975 – How the Cossacks Bought the Salt[2] (Как казаки соль покупали)
  • 1982 – About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Thiere Hen Ryaba[3] (О деде, бабе и курочке Рябе)
  • 1984 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Сказака о царе Салтане)
  • 1984 – Lev i byk[4] (Лев и бык)
  • 1985– Dereza[5] (Дереза)
  • 1987 – The Porridge of Bogatyr[6][7] (Богатызская каша)
  • 1988 – The Incident with a Hippopotamus[8] (Случай с бегемотом)
  • 1992 – Glasha and Kikimora[9][10] (Глаша и Кикимора)
  • 1995 – People: A Musical Celebration[11]

Artist
  • 1991 – Submarine Berets[12]

References
  1. The Full Filmografy of Yuriy Meshcheryakov on the site about The History of Russian animation "ANIMATOR.RU"
  2. "How the Cossacks Bought the Salt" on IMDb
  3. "About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Thiere Hen Ryaba" on ANIMATOR.RU
  4. "Lev i byk" on IMDb
  5. "Dereza" on ANIMATOR.RU
  6. "The Porridge of Bogatyr" on IMDb (named as "Bogatyrskaya kasha")
  7. "The Porridge of Bogatyr" on ANIMATOR.RU
  8. The "Incident with a Hippopotamus" on ANIMATOR.RU
  9. "Glasha and Kikimora" on ANIMATOR.RU
  10. "Glasha and Kikimora" on IMDb
  11. "People: A Musical Celebration" on IMDb
  12. "Submarine Berets" on ANIMATOR.RU


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