Russian animator Konstantin Eduardovich Bronzit at the Ottawa International Animation Festival

Konstantin Eduardovich Bronzit (russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Бронзи́т; born 12 April 1965) is a Russian

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and animation

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and nominated twice for

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. He currently works at one of the largest Russian animation studio —

Melnitsa Animation Studio Melnitsa Animation Studio (russian: Студия анимационного кино «Мельница», "melnitsa" meaning "windmill") is one of the largest animation studios in Russia. Deutsche Welle called the studio the Walt Disney of Saint ...

, as the art director and consultant.

Life and career

Bronzit was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. He is a graduate of the

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Repin Institute of Fine Art in 1983. He worked as an artist-animator at the animated film studio

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(Studio of Popular Science Films), which created educational animations. It was there that he completed his first film, ''Merry-Go-Round'' or ''The Round-About'' (, Karusel), in 1988. In 1992, he graduated from the V. Mukhina Leningrad Higher Art and Industrial Academy and in 1994 from the "Higher Courses in Scriptwriting and Directing in

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" under the tutorship of

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 ...

. From 1993-1995 he worked as a scriptwriter, director and animator at the Moscow Animation Studio "Pilot", where he created several short films. From 1996-1999 he worked at the studio Pozitiv TV. In 1999 he completed his short film ''At the Ends of the Earth'', which was aggressively pushed around the

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circuit by the French distributor

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, eventually gathering nearly 70 awards. Since 1999 he has worked at

, where he served as

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in the projects ''Adventures in Emerald City'' (1999–2000) and ''

Little Longnose ''Little Longnose'' (russian: Ка́рлик Нос, ''Karlik Nos'') is a Russian traditionally animated feature film directed by Ilya Maximov. It was co-produced by Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB, and is the first feature-length animated fil ...

'' (2003). In 2004 he served as the director of the animated feature film ''Alyosha Popovich and Tugarin Zmey''. According to Bronzit, the very short timeframe (only a year was given to them to complete the film) forced him to write the script at the same time as the film was being animated. The film was a success in Russia, and spawned another two films by different directors in the same vein.

Legacy

His 2007 short film ''

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'' won the Best Scenario Award at the

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and got the 3rd-best rating among the jury and was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2009. His film, ''At The Ends Of The Earth'', was included in the Animation Show of Shows. In 2011 Bronzit voiced the Emperor in '' Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf''. His 2015 short film ''

We Can't Live Without Cosmos ''We Can't Live Without Cosmos'' (Russian: ''Мы не можем жить без космоса,'' ''My ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa'') is a 2015 Russian animated short film directed and written by Konstantin Bronzit. It is produced by Alexander Boy ...

'' received many awards and nominations including

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. The film won Grand Prix for best short film at the World Festival of Animated film -

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."Bear Story" winning Best Animated Short Film -Oscars on YouTube
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Filmography

References

External links

Konstantin Bronzit
at the

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*
Short biography at Melnitsa Animation Studio

''At the Ends of the Earth''
(watch for free, legally)
CTB Biography

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120206014615/http://www.cgtalk.ru/exc.php?id=bronzit Extensive interview with Bronzit {{DEFAULTSORT:Bronzit, Konstantin Eduardovich Russian film directors Russian animators Russian animated film directors 1965 births Living people Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Melnitsa Animation Studio