Vladimir Ivanovich Popov ( rus, Владимир Иванович Попов; 5 June 1930 — 1 April 1987) was a Soviet and Russian

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and

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. A member of

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, He was named Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR in 1986.''Sergei Kapkov (2006)''. Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation. — Moscow: Algorithm, pp. 524—525

Biography

Vladimir Popov grew up in a

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near

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 ...

. He was fond of painting since childhood and visited an art school. He also produced hand-made cartoons by drawing humorous scenes from the life of his neighbours on a transparent filmstrip and demonstrating them to a great success. In 1951, Popov was employed by Soyuzmultfilm; for the next ten years he had been working as an animator with

Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano (russian: Иван Петрович Иванов-Вано; – 25 March 1987), born Ivanov, was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematog ...

Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya Alexandra Gavrilovna Snezhko-Blotskaya (Russian: Александра Гавриловна Снежко-Блоцкая, 21 February 1909 in Volchansk, Russian Empire – 29 December 1980 in Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) was a Soviet animated fil ...

Leonid Amalrik Leonid Alekseyevich Amalrik (russian: Леонид Алексеевич Амальрик; — 22 October 1997) was a Soviet animator and animation director. He was named Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1965.''Sergei Kapkov (2006)''. Encyclopedia ...

and other leading directors. Since 1960, he had been directing films together with Vladimir Pekar, also acting as an art director. Their most popular work of that time was ''

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'' (1969), a traditionally animated short about a little polar bear loved by generations of children, along with the lullaby song performed by

Aida Vedishcheva Aida Semyonovna Vedishcheva (russian: Аида Семёновна Ведищева, born Ida Solomonovna Weiss, russian: Ида Соломоновна Вайс, 10 June 1941) is a Soviet and American singer. In the 1960s, she contributed songs ...

. Since 1975, Popov had been working alone. Among his popular films were adaptations of

Nikolay Nosov Nikolay Nikolayevich Nosov (russian: link=no, Николай Николаевич Носов, uk, Микола Миколайович Носов; in Kyiv – 26 July 1976 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Ukrainian children's literature writer, the ...

's ''Bobik Visiting Barbos'' (1977) and Yuri Koval's ''The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov'' (1981). Yet his biggest success was the ''

Three from Prostokvashino ''Three from Prostokvashino'' (russian: Трое из Простоквашино, r=Troye iz Prostokvashino) is a 1978 Soviet animated film based on the children's book '' Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat'' by Eduard Uspensky. The film has two s ...

'' trilogy produced in 1978—1984 and based on the comedy fairy tales by

Eduard Uspensky Eduard Nikolayevich Uspensky (russian: link=no, Эдуард Николаевич Успенский; 22 December 193714 August 2018) was a Soviet and Russian children's writer and poet, author of over 70 books, as well as a playwright, screenwri ...

. Despite the cold reception from the officials, the mini-series became incredibly popular and turned into the source of many catchphrases. He was buried in the family tomb at the

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in Moscow.Vladimir Popov's tomb
/ref> In 1989, he was posthumously awarded the

Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR The Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR was an annual State Prize established by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR in 1965. Three Vasilyev Brothers prizes were awarded annually from 1966 until 1990 for cinematographic works of all kinds ( ...

Filmography

Director

* 1960: ''

Animated Crocodile ''Animated Crocodile'' ( rus, Мультипликационный Крокодил, Multiplikatsionniy Krokodil), abbreviated as ''MuK'', was a Soviet satirical animated series for adults. It was produced by Soyuzmultfilm and directed by various p ...

No. 1'' ( rus, Мультипликационный Крокодил № 1, links=no) * 1961: ''The First Time on the Arena'' ( rus, Впервые на арене, links=no) * 1961: ''Animated Crocodile No. 5'' ( rus, Мультипликационный Крокодил № 5, links=no) * 1962—1986: ''

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 ...

'' ( rus, Фитиль, links=no) * 1966: ''Letters from the Radio Operator's Box'' ( rus, Буквы из ящика радиста, links=no) * 1968: ''It Happened in Winter'' ( rus, Случилось это зимой, links=no) * 1969: ''

'' ( rus, Умка, links=no) * 1970: ''

Umka is Looking for a Friend Umka ( sr-cyrl, Умка) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica. Location Umka is located south-west of Belgrade, on the right bank of the Sava river, close to river's . It is a crossroa ...

'' ( rus, Умка ищет друга, links=no) * 1971: ''The Adventures of the Red Ties'' ( rus, Приключения красных галстуков, links=no) * 1972: ''Are You My Enemy or My Friend?'' ( rus, Ты враг или друг?, links=no) * 1972: ''Robbery in Broad Daylight'' ( rus, Грабёж среди белого дня, links=no) * 1973: ''The Treasures of Sunken Ships'' ( rus, Сокровища затонувших кораблей, links=no) * 1973: ''What is Scarier?'' ( rus, Что страшнее?, links=no) * 1974: ''

One Fairy Tale After Another 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

'' ( rus, Сказка за сказкой, links=no) * 1974: ''Stories about Shevchenko'' ( rus, Рассказы о Шевченко, links=no) * 1975: ''Return Rex'' ( rus, Верните Рекса, links=no) * 1975: ''The Rainbow'' ( rus, Радуга, links=no) * 1976: ''

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'' ( rus, О том, как гном покинул дом, links=no) * 1977: ''

Bobik Visits Barbos Janusz Bobik (born 17 December 1955 in Środa Śląska) is a Polish show jumping equestrian, Olympic medalist from 1980.Three from Prostokvashino ''Three from Prostokvashino'' (russian: Трое из Простоквашино, r=Troye iz Prostokvashino) is a 1978 Soviet animated film based on the children's book '' Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat'' by Eduard Uspensky. The film has two s ...

'' ( rus, Трое из Простоквашино, links=no) * 1980: ''

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'' ( rus, Каникулы в Простоквашино, links=no) * 1981: '' The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov'' ( rus, Приключения Васи Куролесова, links=no) * 1983: '' From Two to Five'' ( rus, От двух до пяти, links=no) * 1984: '' The Winter in Prostokvashino'' ( rus, Зима в Простоквашино, links=no) * 1985: '' Sherlock Holmes and I'' ( rus, Мы с Шерлоком Холмсом, links=no) * 1986: ''Academician Ivanov'' ( rus, Академик Иванов, links=no)

References

External links

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Monsters of Animation. Vladimir Popov
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