Boris Petrovich Dyozhkin (also translated as Dezhkin) (Russian:
Ð'Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ ÐŸÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð"Ñ'жкин; 19 August [O.S. 6 August]
1914 â€" 13 March 1992) was among the oldest, most prolific and
influential Soviet animators, animation and art directors, as well as
a caricaturist, book illustrator and educator at Soyuzmultfilm. A
member of ASIFA. He was named Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in
1969.Dyozhkin was born in Kursk into a Russian working-class family.
His father was a railwayman who was later transferred to Moscow. Boris
started his career as a locksmith at a Moscow factory. Simultaneously
he learned to draw caricatures and finished training courses organized
by the Krokodil magazine and led by Alexei Radakov.In 1934 he also
finished animation courses at the Moscow Printing House. Same year he
joined the Experimental Animation Workshop under the Main Directorate
of the Photo-Cinematographic Industry along with Alexei Radakov,
Vladimir Suteev and Pyotr Nosov. Headed by Viktor Smirnov, a former
official at the New York-based Amkino Corporation responsible for
distribution of Soviet movies in North America, it focused on
developing animation style inspired by both Disney and Fleischer
Studios. While their cartoons were practically unknown in the Soviet
Union, they were highly regarded by authorities, including Joseph
Stalin.In 1936 the collective was merged with several other Moscow
workshops into the Soyuzdetmultfilm Studio (renamed to Soyuzmultfilm
in a year). Dyozhkin found himself working along with Ivan
Ivanov-Vano, Aleksandr Ivanov, Leonid Amalrik, the Brumberg sisters
and other prominent animators. All of them continued developing the
so-called Disney style, which resulted in a line of traditionally
animated shorts.
Ð'Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ ÐŸÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð"Ñ'жкин; 19 August [O.S. 6 August]
1914 â€" 13 March 1992) was among the oldest, most prolific and
influential Soviet animators, animation and art directors, as well as
a caricaturist, book illustrator and educator at Soyuzmultfilm. A
member of ASIFA. He was named Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in
1969.Dyozhkin was born in Kursk into a Russian working-class family.
His father was a railwayman who was later transferred to Moscow. Boris
started his career as a locksmith at a Moscow factory. Simultaneously
he learned to draw caricatures and finished training courses organized
by the Krokodil magazine and led by Alexei Radakov.In 1934 he also
finished animation courses at the Moscow Printing House. Same year he
joined the Experimental Animation Workshop under the Main Directorate
of the Photo-Cinematographic Industry along with Alexei Radakov,
Vladimir Suteev and Pyotr Nosov. Headed by Viktor Smirnov, a former
official at the New York-based Amkino Corporation responsible for
distribution of Soviet movies in North America, it focused on
developing animation style inspired by both Disney and Fleischer
Studios. While their cartoons were practically unknown in the Soviet
Union, they were highly regarded by authorities, including Joseph
Stalin.In 1936 the collective was merged with several other Moscow
workshops into the Soyuzdetmultfilm Studio (renamed to Soyuzmultfilm
in a year). Dyozhkin found himself working along with Ivan
Ivanov-Vano, Aleksandr Ivanov, Leonid Amalrik, the Brumberg sisters
and other prominent animators. All of them continued developing the
so-called Disney style, which resulted in a line of traditionally
animated shorts.
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