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Eduard Nazarov

Eduard Nazarov

Director · Born 1941-11-23 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

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Biography

Eduard Vasilievich Nazarov (Russian: Эдуард Васильевич Назаров; 23 November 1941 – 11 September 2016; Moscow) was a Russian (and Soviet) animator, screenwriter, voice actor, book illustrator and educator, artistic director at the Pilot Studio (2007–2016), vice-president of ASIFA (1987–1999) and a co-president of the KROK International Animated Films Festival. Eduard Nazarov was born in a bomb shelter during the Battle of Moscow. His parents were Russian engineers who met at the end of 1930s while studying at Moscow institutes. Nazarov's ancestors came from the Bryansk Oblast and had a peasant background. He became engaged in painting since childhood and while in the 9th grade entered an art school where he got acquainted with Yuri Norstein, his close friend since. After three years in the Soviet Army Nazarov entered Stroganov Institute. Simultaneously he started working at Soyuzmultfilm in 1959 as an apprentice, self-educating, since he was too late for the animation courses. He worked as an artist-renderer, an art director's assistant under Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and as an art director under Fyodor Khitruk, most famously creating Winnie-the-Pooh for the Soviet adaptation of the fa…

Directed

  1. Once Upon a Time, There Lived a Dog (1982) — Director
  2. Adventure of an Ant (1983) — Director
  3. About Sidorov Vova (1985) — Director
  4. Martinko (1987) — Director
  5. The Hunt (1979) — Director
  6. Kolobok (2012) — Director
  7. Princess and Cannibal (1977) — Director
  8. Balance of Fear (1973) — Director
  9. Little Hippo (1975) — Director
  10. Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3 (2000) — Director
  11. Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 4 (2000) — Director
  12. Goat Hut (2009) — Director
  13. La Princesse, l'ogre et la fourmi (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Masha and the Bear (2009) — Bear (voice)
  2. Once Upon a Time, There Lived a Dog (1982) — Narrator (voice)
  3. Adventures of Captain Vrungel (1980) — Captain of the "Black Cuttlefish" (voice)
  4. The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 1) (1984) — Cat (voice)
  5. Adventure of an Ant (1983) — all characters(voice)
  6. Island (1973)
  7. How the Cossacks Helped Musketeers (1979) — Narrator (voice)
  8. A Robbery In... Style (1978) — D. Germanetto (voice)
  9. Adventures of Captain Vrungel (1980) — captain of «Black Cuttlefish»/Mike - sailor (voice)
  10. About Sidorov Vova (1985) — Grandfather (voice)
  11. Martinko (1987) — Tsar / Narrator (voice, uncredited)
  12. Passion of Spies (1967)
  13. Masha and the Bear - To the Cinema (2017) — Ded Moroz
  14. The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (1984) — Кот
  15. Bugs (2002)
  16. Masha and the Bear: Twice the Fun (2023)
  17. Magia Russica (2004)
  18. About Ivan-the-Fool (2004)
  19. The Night Has Come (1998) — voice
  20. The Fox and the Thrush (2005)
  21. About Stepan the Blacksmith (2008)
  22. The Cat and the Mouse (2015)
  23. Only for Adults (1971)
  24. School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape (1987) — Narrator (voice)
  25. The Wanderer (1995)
  26. Columbus Docks To The Shore (1967) — (voice)
  27. About a Ram and a Goat (2004)
  28. Greedy Millwife (2004)
  29. I Won't Tell You! (2006)
  30. Proud Mouse (2008)
  31. Tale of the Khotan Carpet (2012)
  32. Dog's Master (2010)
  33. About St. Basil the Blessed (2008)
  34. Goat Hut (2009)
  35. Soldier's Song (2009)
  36. School of Fine Arts. Return (1990) — Narrator (voice)
  37. The Delusion of Rodamus Querk (1983)
  38. About the Dog Rose (2009)
  39. Chukchi Gambit (2012)
  40. Teeth, Tail and Ears (2010)