Vladimir Zuykov (russian: Владимир Зуйков; 27 January 1935 – 25 February 2021) was a Russian film animator, artist, and illustrator. He became an Honored Artist of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1989.

Biography

Born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

in 1935, Zuykov attended the and graduated in 1956. He subsequently worked as a schoolteacher before getting a job with

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 ...

as a production designer in 1967. He worked in the field of

hand-drawn animation Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until computer animation. Pro ...

and worked along with directors such as

Fyodor Khitruk Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk (russian: Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук; 1 May 1917 – 3 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian animator and animation director. Biography Khitruk was born in Tver (Russian Empire), into a Jewish ...

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, , and others. He participated in the drawing of more than 30 feature films. Zuykov began teaching at the

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

in 2002, giving lectures on directing animated films. In addition to his film career, he illustrated books by authors such as

Kir Bulychev Kir Bulychev (russian: Кир Булычёв ''Kir Bulychyov 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) is a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, ...

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, and Annie M. G. Schmidt. His works can be found in museums and private collections in Russia and abroad. Vladimir Zuykov died of

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on 25 February 2021, at the age of 86, during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Russia The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Ch ...

Filmography

* ''

Film, Film, Film ''Film, Film, Film'' (Russian: ''Фильм, фильм, фильм'') is a 1968 Soviet satirical animated short film directed by Fyodor Khitruk. Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation, p. 688 Made as a parody of the Soviet movie industry, this nearl ...

'' (1968) * ''

Zigzag of Success ''Zigzag of Success'' (russian: Зигзаг удачи, link=yes, translit. ''Zigzag udachi'') is a 1968 Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. Plot Photo studio "Contemporary" in a provincial town lives with its everyday problems. ...

'' (1968) * ''

Winnie-the-Pooh Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear and Pooh, is a fictional Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne and English illustrator E. H. Shepard. The first collection of stories about the character w ...

'' (1969) * ''

Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit ''Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit'' (russian: Винни-Пух идёт в гости, Vinni-Pukh idyot v gosti ) is a 1971 animated film by Soyuzmultfilm directed by Fyodor Khitruk. The film is based on chapter two in the book series by A. A. Milne ...

'' (1971) * ''

Fitil ''Fitil'' ( rus, Фитиль, p=fʲɪˈtʲilʲ, ''Fuse'') is a popular Soviet short film and television anthology series which ran for 608 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called , ''Little Fuse''. Each issue contain ...

'' (1971) * ''

Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day ''Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day'' (russian: Винни-Пух и день забот, Vinni-Pukh i den zabot , or ''Winnie the Pooh and a Day of Troubles'' in the English dub title) is a 1972 animated film by Soyuzmultfilm, directed by Fyodor Khi ...

'' (1972) * '' The Love of Mankind'' (1972) * ''

The Flight of Mr. McKinley ''The Flight of Mr. McKinley'' (russian: Бегство мистера Мак-Кинли, Begstvo mistera Mak-Kinli) is a 1975 Soviet science fiction film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer. Plot A scientist invents the colloid gas — a creation that ...

'' (1975) * ''

O Sport, You Are Peace! ''O Sport, You Are Peace!'' (russian: О спорт, ты - мир! transliterated as O sport, ty - mir!) was a 1981 documentary film directed by Yuri Ozerov. It showed the opening and closing ceremonies, and sporting events of the 1980 Summer Oly ...

'' (1981) * '' About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Their Hen Ryaba'' (1982)

References

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958501/ 1935 births 2021 deaths Soviet animators Russian animators Honored Artists of the RSFSR Mass media people from Moscow Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{Russia-film-bio-stub