Alexandra Gavrilovna Snezhko-Blotskaya (Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð°
Ð"авриловна Снежко-Ð'Ð»Ð¾Ñ†ÐºÐ°Ñ , 21 Februaryf 1909 in
Volchansk, Russian Empire â€" 29 December 1980 in Moscow Oblast,
Soviet Union) was a Soviet animated film director. She was a longtime
collaborator with Ivan Ivanov-Vano.Snezhko-Blotskaya was born in
Volchansk near Kharkov (modern Ukraine), before her family moved to
Shatura, near Moscow. There she graduated from art studios of Ivan
Rerberg and Ilya Mashkov.Snezhko-Blotskaya started her film career as
designer for Soyuzkinokhronika in 1932. Since 1936, she became a
constant collaborator and aide to Ivan Ivanov-Vano, a patriarch of
Russian animation. Snezhko-Blotskaya participated as a co-director in
many of his films including famous The Humpbacked Horse and The Snow
Maiden. Her first solo feature-length film was The Enchanted Boy
(1955), based on The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma
Lagerlöf.Most of Snezhko-Blotskaya's films were fantasy based on folk
tales and books by authors like Alexander Pushkin and Rudyard Kipling.
In the 1970s she directed a series of five animated shorts based on
Greek mythology.
Ð"авриловна Снежко-Ð'Ð»Ð¾Ñ†ÐºÐ°Ñ , 21 Februaryf 1909 in
Volchansk, Russian Empire â€" 29 December 1980 in Moscow Oblast,
Soviet Union) was a Soviet animated film director. She was a longtime
collaborator with Ivan Ivanov-Vano.Snezhko-Blotskaya was born in
Volchansk near Kharkov (modern Ukraine), before her family moved to
Shatura, near Moscow. There she graduated from art studios of Ivan
Rerberg and Ilya Mashkov.Snezhko-Blotskaya started her film career as
designer for Soyuzkinokhronika in 1932. Since 1936, she became a
constant collaborator and aide to Ivan Ivanov-Vano, a patriarch of
Russian animation. Snezhko-Blotskaya participated as a co-director in
many of his films including famous The Humpbacked Horse and The Snow
Maiden. Her first solo feature-length film was The Enchanted Boy
(1955), based on The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma
Lagerlöf.Most of Snezhko-Blotskaya's films were fantasy based on folk
tales and books by authors like Alexander Pushkin and Rudyard Kipling.
In the 1970s she directed a series of five animated shorts based on
Greek mythology.
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