Leonid Sikoruk

Biography

Leonid Leonidovich Sikoruk - Soviet and Russian director of non-fiction films, cameraman, popularizer of science, author of educational literature. Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation (1996). In the period 1954-1957 he studied at the Novosibirsk Civil Engineering Institute named after V.V. Kuibyshev, worked there as a film laboratory assistant. Having taken a great interest in cinema, in 1958 he went to work for the Novosibirsk television studio, starting with a correspondent. He acted as a cameraman, shooting several films at the newly formed NovosibirskTelefilm studio. He entered the correspondence department of the camera department of VGIK, from which he graduated in 1968. In the 1970s, he created a series of television programs "Physics for Kids" at the studio. In 1973, he organized the D. D. Maksutov Telescope Building Club. Became the initiator of the start of industrial production of TAL telescopes at the Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant. Leonid Sikoruk is a cult figure among telescope building enthusiasts. The second edition of his book "Telescopes for Astronomy Lovers" was the last book on amateur astronomy published in the USSR. It has become a popular and ci…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Геометрия для малышей. Про точку и королевскую дочку (1982) — Рассказчик

Directed

1. Загадки звёздного неба: Неуловимый горизонт (1984) — Director
2. Загадки звёздного неба: Вечное движение (1984) — Director
3. Загадки звёздного неба: Луна и месяц (1984) — Director
4. Mysteries of the Starry Sky: Our Sun (1985) — Director
5. Загадки звёздного неба: Наша круглая Земля (1985) — Director
6. Mysteries of the Starry Sky: Where Did Telescopes Come From (1985) — Director
7. Геометрия для малышей. Про точку и королевскую дочку (1982) — Director
8. Геометрия для малышей. След, который оставила точка (1982) — Director
9. Физика в забавах. 1 Выпуск (1971) — Director
10. Физика в забавах. 2 Выпуск (1971) — Director
11. Физика в забавах. 3 Выпуск (1971) — Director
12. Академия детских наук. Музыка. Как сочинять оперы. Фильм 4 (1990) — Director
13. Академия детских наук. Музыка. Как сделать себе оркестр. Фильм 2 (1989) — Director
14. Академия детских наук. Музыка. Как устроена песня. Фильм 3 (1990) — Director
15. Академия детских наук. Музыка. Как играть на чём придётся. Фильм 1 (1989) — Director
16. Geometric Caprices (1982) — Director
17. Physics in Fun (1993) — Director