Boris Stepantsev

Biography

Boris Pavlovich Stepantsev (7 December 1929 — 21 May 1983) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, artist and book illustrator, and creative director of the Multtelefilm animation department of the Studio Ekran. As a child Boris Stepantsev (born Stepantsov) fell in love with animated films "because there was nothing funnier in the whole world" and decided to dedicate his life to comedy animation. He graduated from the Moscow Art School and in 1946, right after the end of war, joined animation courses at Soyuzmultfilm where he watched many movies, including films by Disney that served as a major inspiration for him. [from Wikipedia]

Directed

1. Junior and Karlson (1968) — Director
2. Karlson Returns (1970) — Director
3. Vovka in the Kingdom of Far Far Away (1965) — Director
4. The Nutcracker (1973) — Director
5. Petia and Little Red Riding Hood (1958) — Director
6. Tsocotukha the Fly (1976) — Director
7. The Pioneer's Violin (1971) — Director
8. Animated Soviet Propaganda (1997) — Director
9. Again, Deuce (1957) — Director
10. Junior and Karlson (1968) — Director
11. Murzilka on the Satellite (1960) — Director
12. Assol (1983) — Director
13. Adventures of Murzilka (1956) — Director
14. Only Not Now (1962) — Director
15. Rooster and Paint (1964) — Director
16. Song of a Falcon (1967) — Director
17. The Travels of Chichikov: Manilov (1974) — Director
18. The Window (1966) — Director
19. Devil with the Sticky Label (1954) — Director
20. Heart (1971) — Director
21. Почему ослик заупрямился? (1979) — Director