Vladimir Ilich Tarasov (russian: Владимир Ильич Тарасов; born 7 February 1939 in Moscow) is a Russian
animator
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and
animation director
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. He is best known for his Soviet-era
science fiction
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short films, such as ''The Pass, Contact'' and ''Contract'', among others.
Biography
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 ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Union Cartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, Formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Launched in ...
first as an animator and then as an art director with V. Y. Bordzilovsky, M. A. Botov and V. D. Degtyaryov 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 i
Zee Institute of Creative Art(ZICA) in India (also a teacher and director in the period from 1995 to 1999) and
Tarbiat Modares University
Tarbiat Modares University ( fa, دانشگاه تربیت مدرس: ''Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modares'', lit. "Professor Training University") is an exclusively graduate university with its main campus in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 1982 a ...
in Iran from 2000 till 2004.
He has worked with artists M. S. Zherebchevsky, V. Peskov, N. I. Koshkin, S. P. Tyunin and others.
He received the title
Honored Artist of the RSFSR
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in 1989.
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Work
* ''
Cowboys in the City'', 1973
*
Mirror of Time
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, (''Зеркало времени''), 1976
* Forward March, Time!, (''Вперёд, Время!)'', 1977
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''Contact'' (''Контакт''), 1978
*
''Shooting Range'' (''Тир''), 1979
* ''The Return'' (Возвращение), 1980
*
''Button'' (Пуговица), 1982
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''Contract'' (''Контракт''), 1985
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''The Pass'' (''Перевал''), 1988
* The 17th and 18th episodes of ''
Nu, pogodi!
''Well, Just You Wait!'' (russian: Ну, погоди!, Nu, pogodi!, p=ˈnu pəɡɐˈdʲi) is a Soviet, later Russian, series of animated short films produced by Soyuzmultfilm. In the 2014 all-Russian poll, ''Well, Just You Wait!'' won by a ...
'' (''Ну, погоди!'') (1993–94)
References
External links
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1939 births
Russian animators
Russian animated film directors
Living people
Soviet animators
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