Gennady Mikhailovich Sokolsky (Russian: Ð"еннадий
Михайлович Ð¡Ð¾ÐºÐ¾Ð»ÑŒÑ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 1 December 1937 â€" 27
December 2014) was a Soviet and Russian artist, animation director,
animator, art director and screenwriter at Soyuzmultfilm. Sokolsky
took part in over 170 projects, including the Happy Merry-Go-Round
animated series which he co-created with several friends. Member of
ASIFA.From 1959 to 1961 Sokolsky went through professional training at
Soyuzmultfilm's animation courses, then finished the Moscow High
School of Arts and Industry. In 1961 he was invited to join Fyodor
Khitruk's group and took part in his first directorial effort â€" The
Story of a Crime (1962). Sokolsky later worked on many other Khitruk's
cartoons, including the much-acclaimed Winnie-the-Pooh trilogy,
co-directing the third (and longest) chapter.In 1969 he along with
several friends produced the children's "newsreel" anthology Happy
Merry-Go-Round which quickly turned into a launching pad for young
directors and a polygon for experimental animation. Sokolsky himself
directed a Well, Just You Wait! comedy short about an anthropomorphic
wolf who tried to catch a small hare. It became so successful that
same year it was turned into a popular series of its own, with a
bigger budget and a new, more experienced director Vyacheslav
Kotyonochkin attached.Originally all segments were developed
collectively. Sokolsky worked both as a director, art director and
animator on various segments. After the team left the project, it
turned into a more traditional animated series. They still continued
working together on each others cartoons. In 1974 Sokolsky, Anatoly
Petrov and Valery Ugarov tried to start another anthology series aimed
at schoolchildren, but it was rejected by Goskino and the pilot was
reedited into a 10-minute short Prodelkin at School. In 1993 Sokolsky,
Petrov, Galina Barinova and Leonid Nosyrev united for the last time to
work on Jester Balakirev, a film based on the national folklore about
Ivan Balakirev and Peter the Great.
Михайлович Ð¡Ð¾ÐºÐ¾Ð»ÑŒÑ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 1 December 1937 â€" 27
December 2014) was a Soviet and Russian artist, animation director,
animator, art director and screenwriter at Soyuzmultfilm. Sokolsky
took part in over 170 projects, including the Happy Merry-Go-Round
animated series which he co-created with several friends. Member of
ASIFA.From 1959 to 1961 Sokolsky went through professional training at
Soyuzmultfilm's animation courses, then finished the Moscow High
School of Arts and Industry. In 1961 he was invited to join Fyodor
Khitruk's group and took part in his first directorial effort â€" The
Story of a Crime (1962). Sokolsky later worked on many other Khitruk's
cartoons, including the much-acclaimed Winnie-the-Pooh trilogy,
co-directing the third (and longest) chapter.In 1969 he along with
several friends produced the children's "newsreel" anthology Happy
Merry-Go-Round which quickly turned into a launching pad for young
directors and a polygon for experimental animation. Sokolsky himself
directed a Well, Just You Wait! comedy short about an anthropomorphic
wolf who tried to catch a small hare. It became so successful that
same year it was turned into a popular series of its own, with a
bigger budget and a new, more experienced director Vyacheslav
Kotyonochkin attached.Originally all segments were developed
collectively. Sokolsky worked both as a director, art director and
animator on various segments. After the team left the project, it
turned into a more traditional animated series. They still continued
working together on each others cartoons. In 1974 Sokolsky, Anatoly
Petrov and Valery Ugarov tried to start another anthology series aimed
at schoolchildren, but it was rejected by Goskino and the pilot was
reedited into a 10-minute short Prodelkin at School. In 1993 Sokolsky,
Petrov, Galina Barinova and Leonid Nosyrev united for the last time to
work on Jester Balakirev, a film based on the national folklore about
Ivan Balakirev and Peter the Great.
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