Vera Tsekhanovskaya (Russian: Ð'ера Ð¦ÐµÑ…Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ°Ñ ; born
Vera Vseslavovna Shengelidze on December 25, 1902) was a Russian and
Soviet animation director who died on April 25, 1977. Between 1919 and
1922, Tsekhanovskaya worked as an architectural faculty member at
Petrograd Polytechnic. Then from 1923 to 1924, she worked in the
graphics department of the Leningrad Art and Industrial Technical
School. She was also an illustrator at Raduga Publishing House around
the same time. Finally in 1932, she became a cartoon artist in the
department of military technical films of the Belgoskino film studio,
which opened the doors for her to become an animator at the Leningrad
film studio “Rosfilm†(later - “Lenfilm†) in 1933. During the
evacuation of Samarkand, she entered the Soyuzmultfilm, where she
worked as an animator and then an assistant director of cartoon films.
Most of her work was done alongside her husband, Mikhail Tsekhanovsky.
The married couple directed many animated films together, including
The Wild Swans (1962), which was part of a dossier commemorating the
centenary of the Russian Revolution.
Vera Vseslavovna Shengelidze on December 25, 1902) was a Russian and
Soviet animation director who died on April 25, 1977. Between 1919 and
1922, Tsekhanovskaya worked as an architectural faculty member at
Petrograd Polytechnic. Then from 1923 to 1924, she worked in the
graphics department of the Leningrad Art and Industrial Technical
School. She was also an illustrator at Raduga Publishing House around
the same time. Finally in 1932, she became a cartoon artist in the
department of military technical films of the Belgoskino film studio,
which opened the doors for her to become an animator at the Leningrad
film studio “Rosfilm†(later - “Lenfilm†) in 1933. During the
evacuation of Samarkand, she entered the Soyuzmultfilm, where she
worked as an animator and then an assistant director of cartoon films.
Most of her work was done alongside her husband, Mikhail Tsekhanovsky.
The married couple directed many animated films together, including
The Wild Swans (1962), which was part of a dossier commemorating the
centenary of the Russian Revolution.
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