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and was suggested to direct the cartoon by himself despite the lack of education. From then on, he worked as an

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. Among his first shorts was ''A Tincan'' segment from the '' Happy Merry-Go-Round'' No. 8

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(1976). In 1979, he directed ''The Flying Ship'', a traditionally animated musical film loosely based on the old Russian fairy tale ''

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''. The film and the songs by

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in particular gained popularity. Bardin then worked on several other hand-drawn films along with Entin. In 1983, he directed his first experimental

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cartoon for adults — ''Conflict'', a Cold War allegory where two groups of matches enter a conflict which leads to a war. It was followed by several

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comedy films, including ''Break!'', a parody on a boxing match for which Bardin received a Golden Dove award at the 1986 Dok Leipzig. In 1987, he released two films: ''Marriage'' made of ropes and ''Fioritures'' made of aluminium wire for which he was awarded the 1988 Short Film Palme d'Or at the

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. In 1990, he directed his last Soyuzmultiflm cartoon — '' Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood'', a claymation musical film that satirized last days of the USSR. It was awarded a number of awards, including Grand Prix for the best short film at the 1991

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and the 1992

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for the best animated film. After that, Bardin founded and headed the Stayer animation studio where he continued directing claymation and stop motion films, as well as TV commercials. After six years in production, he finally released his first feature animated musical ''The Ugly Duckling'' (2010) loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name, with a heavy influence of George Orwell's ''

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''. It received mixed reviews from critics and failed at the box office, while central Russian TV channels refused to show it according to Bardin. At the same time, it gained a number of awards, including the 2011

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.The Ugly Duckling awards
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Bardin was married three times. His son from the third marriage (born 1975) is a Russian film director.

Selected filmography

* ''Little Locomotive from Romashkovo'' / Паровозик из Ромашково (1967) - voice actor (''policeman'') * '' Happy Merry-Go-Round'' / Весёлая карусель No. 8 (1976) - director, screenwriter * '' The Adventures of Buratino'' / Приключения Буратино (1976) - voice actor (''spider'') * '' Practical Joke'' / Розыгрыш (1977) - actor (''French teacher'') * ''The Flying Ship'' / Летучий корабль (1979) - director, voice actor (''tsar'') * '' Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'' / Москва слезам не верит (1979) - actor (''chief engineer'') * ''Pif-Paf, Oi-Oi-Oi!'' / Пиф-паф, ой-ой-ой! (1980) - co-director with Vitaly Peskov, voice actor (''commentator'') * ''

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 ...

'' / Фитиль (1980—1981) - director * ''Conflict'' / Конфликт (1983) - director, screenwriter * ''Break!'' / Брэк! (1985) - director, screenwriter, voice actor (''commentator'') * ''Banquet '' / Банкет (1986) - director, screenwriter * ''Wedding'' / Брак (1987) - director, screenwriter, voice actor (''Busya'') * ''Fioritures'' / Выкрутасы (1987) - director, screenwriter, voice actor (''wire man'') * '' Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood'' / Серый Волк энд Красная Шапочка (1990) - director, screenwriter, voice actor (''announcer,

Gena the Crocodile Gena the Crocodile (russian: links=no, Крокодил Гена, Krokodil Gena) is a fictional friendly crocodile in the series of animation films '' Gena the Crocodile'', '' Cheburashka'' and ''Shapoklyak'' by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm stu ...

'') * ''Puss in Boots'' / Кот в сапогах (1995) - director, screenwriter * ''Chucha'' / Чуча (1997) - director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor (''guest'') * '' Adagio'' / Адажио (2000) - director, screenwriter, producer * ''Chucha 2'' / Чуча-2 (2001) - director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor (''pirate, radio commentator'') * ''Chucha 3'' / Чуча-3 (2004) - director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor (''cow'') * ''The Ugly Duckling'' / Гадкий утёнок (2010) - director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor (''drake'') * ''Three melodys'' / Три мелодии (2013) - director, screenwriter, producer * ''Listening to Beethoven'' / Слушая Бетховена (2016) - director, screenwriter, producer * ''Bolero-17'' / Болеро-17 (2018) - director, screenwriter, producer * ''Sandbox'' / Песочница (2021) - director, screenwriter, producer

Rewards

*"Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival for the cartoon "Freaks" - 1988. *Nika Award for Best Animated Film (Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood) - 1992. *Award "Nika" for the best animated film ("Chucha") - 1999. *State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1998 in the field of cinematography (June 4, 1999) - for the original solution of artistic problems and the innovative use of expressive means in animated films. *Nika Award for Best Animated Film (Adagio) - 2001. *Award "Nika" for the best animated film ("Chucha-3") - 2005. *Triumph Prize. *Nika Award for Best Animated Film (The Ugly Duckling) - 2011. *Order of Honor (October 13, 2011) - for merits in the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity. *Award of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia "Fiddler on the Roof" - 2015. *Prize of the Moscow Helsinki Group for the protection of human rights through culture and art - 2017. *International Film Award “East-West. Golden Arch" for contribution to cinema - 2021.

References

External links

Garry Bardin
at animator.ru *
Studio Stayer's HomepageChannel on YouTube
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Biography

Selected filmography

Rewards

See also

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