Vladimir Degtyarev

Biography

Vladimir Dmitrievich Degtyarev (January 18, 1916 - October 6, 1974) - Soviet filmmaker-animator, art director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1969). He was born on January 18, 1916 in Moscow. In 1937 he graduated from the Leningrad Art College. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was drafted to the front. In 1942 he became disabled: because of the injured, his right arm was amputated. He without exams was admitted to the VGIK at the Faculty of Art, which he graduated in 1948. In the process of learning, he learned how to draw and write with his left hand. In the same year he was enlisted in the staff of Soyuzmultfilm. He worked as an artist-director in the films of directors V. Gromov, M. Pashchenko, B. Dyozhkin and G. Filippov. Since 1953 - the director of painted and (mostly) large-scale films. He was among the founders of the "Creative Puppet Association" on "Soyuzmultfilm", where he put one of the first post-war puppet cartoons "Two greedy cubs" (1954). Collaborated with artists VP Danilevich, AP Kuritsyn and others, also often combined the duties of the director and the artist-director. He worked exclusively for the children's audience. Since 1956 he has repeat…

Directed

1. The Ugly Duckling (1956) — Director
2. Train From Romashkovo (1967) — Director
3. Who Said Meow? (1962) — Director
4. Beloved Beauty (1959) — Director
5. The Baby-Goat, Who Counted up to Ten (1968) — Director
6. Little Timo's Christmas Tree (1966) — Director
7. Sweet Fairy Tale (1970) — Director
8. Brave Pak (1953) — Director
9. How to Become a Grown-Up (1967) — Director
10. How the Donkey Sought Happiness (1971) — Director
11. The Tale of the Snow Maiden (1957) — Director
12. Miraculous Well (1956) — Director
13. New Year Tale (1972) — Director
14. The Snow Maiden (1969) — Director
15. Dobrynya Nikitich (1965) — Director
16. Visiting the Gnomes (1975) — Director
17. Too Salty (1959) — Director
18. Lapland Fairy Tales (1990) — Director
19. Who is the Strongest? (1961) — Director
20. Magic Lanterns (1973) — Director
21. Sun Seed (1969) — Director
22. The End of the Black Swamp (1960) — Director
23. The Tale of the Old Cedar (1963) — Director
24. We Are Following the Sun (1958) — Director
25. Stubborn Dough (1955) — Director
26. Who Is Going to the Exhibition? (1964) — Director
27. Two Greedy Bear Cubs (1955) — Director
28. Вернулся служивый домой (1959) — Director