Boris Pavlovich Stepantsev (Russian: Ð'Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ ÐŸÐ°Ð²Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡
Степанцев; 7 December 1929 â€" 21 May 1983) was a Soviet
animation director, animator, artist and book illustrator, as well as
a vice-president of ASIFA (1972â€"1982) and creative director of the
Multtelefilm animation department of the Studio Ekran (1980â€"1983).
Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR (1972).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 "trophy" movies, including films
by Disney that served as a major inspiration for him.Between 1947 and
1949 Stepantsev worked as animator on a number of films, including the
award-winning Grey Neck (1948) by Leonid Amalrik and Vladimir
Polkovnikov. He spent the next five years serving in the Soviet Navy,
and on his return entered the Moscow State University of Printing Arts
while continuing his animation career. In 1954 he co-directed his
first short A Villain with a Label (together with Vsevolod
Shcherbakov) which also became one of the first Soviet post-war stop
motion animated films produced at the newly founded puppet division of
Soyuzmultfilm.Starting with 1955 Stepanstev worked with Anatoly
Savchenko, an art director and his regular collaborator on the
majority of his animated and art projects that included book
illustrations and filmstrips produced for the Diafilm studio. In 1958
they produced Petya and the Little Red Riding Hood, a postmodern
comedy based on the fairy tale by Vladimir Suteev about a pioneer
Petya who sneaked into the Little Red Riding Hood movie in order to
save the girl from the Big Bad Wolf. The film was co-directed by
Evgeny Raykovsky and drew inspiration from Disney and Tex Avery in
contrast to the majority of "realistic" movies of that time that used
rotoscopy. It turned very popular and won a prize at the 1960 Annecy
International Animated Film Festival. In 1962 they made a sequel of
sorts â€" a half-hour live-action animated film Not Just Now where
Petya, played by a real-life child actor, traveled through time and
interacted with hand-drawn environment.
Степанцев; 7 December 1929 â€" 21 May 1983) was a Soviet
animation director, animator, artist and book illustrator, as well as
a vice-president of ASIFA (1972â€"1982) and creative director of the
Multtelefilm animation department of the Studio Ekran (1980â€"1983).
Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR (1972).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 "trophy" movies, including films
by Disney that served as a major inspiration for him.Between 1947 and
1949 Stepantsev worked as animator on a number of films, including the
award-winning Grey Neck (1948) by Leonid Amalrik and Vladimir
Polkovnikov. He spent the next five years serving in the Soviet Navy,
and on his return entered the Moscow State University of Printing Arts
while continuing his animation career. In 1954 he co-directed his
first short A Villain with a Label (together with Vsevolod
Shcherbakov) which also became one of the first Soviet post-war stop
motion animated films produced at the newly founded puppet division of
Soyuzmultfilm.Starting with 1955 Stepanstev worked with Anatoly
Savchenko, an art director and his regular collaborator on the
majority of his animated and art projects that included book
illustrations and filmstrips produced for the Diafilm studio. In 1958
they produced Petya and the Little Red Riding Hood, a postmodern
comedy based on the fairy tale by Vladimir Suteev about a pioneer
Petya who sneaked into the Little Red Riding Hood movie in order to
save the girl from the Big Bad Wolf. The film was co-directed by
Evgeny Raykovsky and drew inspiration from Disney and Tex Avery in
contrast to the majority of "realistic" movies of that time that used
rotoscopy. It turned very popular and won a prize at the 1960 Annecy
International Animated Film Festival. In 1962 they made a sequel of
sorts â€" a half-hour live-action animated film Not Just Now where
Petya, played by a real-life child actor, traveled through time and
interacted with hand-drawn environment.
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