Stanislav Mihaylovich Sokolov (russian: Станислав Михайлович Соколов; born May 18, 1947) is a Russian stop-motion animation director. He graduated from VGIK in 1971 and has since then worked with Studios

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, Christmasfilms and

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. He was awarded a number of prizes for his films, most notably an Emmy in 1992 for his contribution to

The Animated Shakespeare ''Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'' (also known as ''The Animated Shakespeare'') is a series of twelve half-hour animated television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, originally broadcast on BBC2 and S4C between 1992 and 1994. ...

series. Sokolov is teaching at VGIK, where he is Professor for Animation and Computer Graphics.

Filmography

*''The Guess'' (1977) *''About Ruff Ruffovich'' (, 1979) *''Der Soldat und der Garten'' (, 1980) *''The Homeless Hobgoblings'' (, 1981) *''The Fish Carriage'' (, 1982) *''Black and White Cinema'' (, 1984) *''Falling Shadow'' (, 1985) *''The Great Underground Ball'' (, 1987) *'' The Gold Sword'', (, Zolotaya shpaga, 1990) *''And what's under the mask?'' (, 1991) *'' Shakespeare: the Animated Tales'' — The Tempest (, 1992) *'' Shakespeare: the Animated Tales'' — The Winter's Tale (, 1994) *'' The Miracle Maker'' (, 2000) *''Our Father'' (Christian prayer) (, 2000) *''Alfatitah'' (Muslim prayer) (, 2001) *''

Shema Israel ''Shema Yisrael'' (''Shema Israel'' or ''Sh'ma Yisrael''; he , שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל ''Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl'', "Hear, O Israel") is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewis ...

'' (Jewish prayer) (, 2003) *'' Hoffmaniada'' (

, being backed by Mikhail Shemyakin) (2018)

External links

The Russian Animation Database's entry on Stanislav Sokolov
at the

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The New York Times' entry on the Miracle Maker
* *A couple of ''Gofmaniada'' links (all in Russian):

** ttp://news.ntv.ru/98119/ Video news story on the upcoming film
Another news article

1947 births Living people Russian animators Russian animated film directors Russian artists Stop motion animators Soviet animators Animation educators Soviet animation directors {{animator-stub