Vladimir Ivanovich Popov (Russian: Ð'ладимир Иванович
Попов; 5 June 1930 â€" 1 April 1987) was a Soviet animator and
art director. A member of ASIFA. He was named Honoured Artist of the
RSFSR in 1986.Vladimir Popov grew up in a communal apartment near
Soyuzmultfilm. He was fond of painting since childhood and visited an
art school. He also produced hand-made cartoons by drawing humorous
scenes from the life of his neighbours on a transparent filmstrip and
demonstrating them to a great success.In 1951, Popov was employed by
Soyuzmultfilm; for the next ten years he had been working as an
animator with Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Leonid
Amalrik and other leading directors. Since 1960, he had been directing
films together with Vladimir Pekar, also acting as an art director.
Their most popular work of that time was Umka (1969), a traditionally
animated short about a little polar bear loved by generations of
children, along with the lullaby song performed by Aida
Vedishcheva.Since 1975, Popov had been working alone. Among his
popular films were adaptations of Nikolay Nosov's Bobik Visiting
Barbos (1977) and Yuri Koval's The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov
(1981). Yet his biggest success was the Three from Prostokvashino
trilogy produced in 1978â€"1984 and based on the comedy fairy tales by
Eduard Uspensky. Despite the cold reception from the officials, the
mini-series became incredibly popular and turned into the source of
many catchphrases. It was named the third best animated film/series of
all time in the all-Russian poll conducted by the Public Opinion
Foundation on February, 2014.
Попов; 5 June 1930 â€" 1 April 1987) was a Soviet animator and
art director. A member of ASIFA. He was named Honoured Artist of the
RSFSR in 1986.Vladimir Popov grew up in a communal apartment near
Soyuzmultfilm. He was fond of painting since childhood and visited an
art school. He also produced hand-made cartoons by drawing humorous
scenes from the life of his neighbours on a transparent filmstrip and
demonstrating them to a great success.In 1951, Popov was employed by
Soyuzmultfilm; for the next ten years he had been working as an
animator with Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Leonid
Amalrik and other leading directors. Since 1960, he had been directing
films together with Vladimir Pekar, also acting as an art director.
Their most popular work of that time was Umka (1969), a traditionally
animated short about a little polar bear loved by generations of
children, along with the lullaby song performed by Aida
Vedishcheva.Since 1975, Popov had been working alone. Among his
popular films were adaptations of Nikolay Nosov's Bobik Visiting
Barbos (1977) and Yuri Koval's The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov
(1981). Yet his biggest success was the Three from Prostokvashino
trilogy produced in 1978â€"1984 and based on the comedy fairy tales by
Eduard Uspensky. Despite the cold reception from the officials, the
mini-series became incredibly popular and turned into the source of
many catchphrases. It was named the third best animated film/series of
all time in the all-Russian poll conducted by the Public Opinion
Foundation on February, 2014.
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