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    Eduard Nazarov

    1941-11-23 (82 years old) in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

    Eduard Vasilievich Nazarov (Russian: Эдуард Васильевич Назаров; 23 November 1941 – 11 September 2016; Moscow) was a Russian (and Soviet) animator, screenwriter, voice actor, book illustrator and educator, artistic director at the Pilot Studio (2007–2016), vice-president of ASIFA (1987–1999) and a co-president of the KROK International Animated Films Festival. Eduard Nazarov was born in a bomb shelter during the Battle of Moscow. His parents were Russian engineers who met at the end of 1930s while studying at Moscow institutes. Nazarov's ancestors came from the Bryansk Oblast and had a peasant background. He became engaged in painting since childhood and while in the 9th grade entered an art school where he got acquainted with Yuri Norstein, his close friend since. After three years in the Soviet Army Nazarov entered Stroganov Institute. Simultaneously he started working at Soyuzmultfilm in 1959 as an apprentice, self-educating, since he was too late for the animation courses. He worked as an artist-renderer, an art director's assistant under Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and as an art director under Fyodor Khitruk, most famously creating Winnie-the-Pooh for the Soviet adaptation of the fairy tale. Since 1973 he had been directing his own short films, often combining duties of an art director, screenwriter and voice actor. "Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog" (1982) is generally considered his most prominent work; it was awarded the First Prize at the 1983 Odense International Film Festival and a Special Jury Award at the 1983 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Between 1979 and 2000 Nazarov had been working at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors as an educator. He also illustrated various books and magazines. His last film "Martynko" (1987) was made during perestroika and banned for four years because Nazarov refused to change the name of the cartoon princess Raisa. During the 1990s he directed commercials and hosted a number of television shows dedicated to Russian and world animation. In 1991 he became a co-president of the KROK International Animated Films Festival, along with David Cherkassky. In 1993 he co-founded the SHAR animation school-studio along with Andrei Khrzhanovsky, Yuri Norstein and Fyodor Khitruk where he worked until his death. In 2004 Nazarov joined the Pilot Studio in their "Mountain of Gems" project, a grand government-backed TV series that combined efforts of many animators; between 2004 and 2015 they produced around seventy 13-minute shorts based on various traditional fairy tales of different Russian and former Soviet regions. In addition to art direction, Nazarov also co-wrote screenplays and did voice-overs to some of them. After the sudden death of Alexander Tatarsky in 2007 he turned into an artistic director of the studio. Nazarov suffered from diabetes for many years and had to undergone a surgery late in his life, losing one of the legs. He continued teaching students through Skype. Eduard Nazarov died on 11 September 2016 and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.

    Movies

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    Masha and the Bear: Twice the Fun
    10 %|Dec 14, 2023
    Animation, Family
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    Masha and the Bear - To the Cinema
    92 %|Jan 26, 2017
    Family, Animation
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    The Cat and the Mouse
    70 %|Jan 1, 2015
    Animation
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    Tale of the Khotan Carpet
    0 %|Mar 1, 2012
    Animation
    actor
    Chukchi Gambit
    0 %|Mar 1, 2012
    Animation
    actor
    Teeth, Tail and Ears
    0 %|Mar 1, 2010
    Animation
    actor
    Dog's Master
    0 %|Mar 1, 2010
    Animation
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    After...
    0 %|Mar 1, 2010
    Animation
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    Goat Hut
    0 %|May 6, 2009
    Animation
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    Soldier's Song
    0 %|Mar 1, 2009
    Animation
    actor
    About the Dog Rose
    0 %|Mar 1, 2009
    Animation
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    About Stepan the Blacksmith
    70 %|May 6, 2008
    Animation
    actor
    About St. Basil the Blessed
    0 %|May 5, 2008
    Animation
    actor
    Proud Mouse
    0 %|Mar 1, 2008
    Animation
    actor
    I Won't Tell You!
    0 %|Apr 30, 2006
    Animation
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    The Fox and the Thrush
    70 %|Jan 1, 2005
    Animation
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    About Ivan-the-Fool
    100 %|Oct 6, 2004
    Animation
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    Magia Russica
    0 %|Oct 5, 2004
    Documentary, Animation
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    About a Ram and a Goat
    0 %|May 1, 2004
    Animation
    actor
    Greedy Millwife
    0 %|Mar 1, 2004
    Animation
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    Bugs
    75 %|Apr 10, 2002
    Animation
    actor
    The Night Has Come
    0 %|May 1, 1998
    Animation
    actor
    Ferdinand VIII
    0 %|May 8, 1995
    Animation
    actor
    The Wanderer
    50 %|Jan 1, 1995
    Animation
    actor
    School of Fine Arts. Return
    0 %|Jan 1, 1990
    Animation, History
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    Cat Which Could Sing
    0 %|Apr 23, 1988
    Animation
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    School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape
    60 %|Dec 1, 1987
    Animation, History, Documentary
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    Martinko
    70 %|Jan 1, 1987
    Animation
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    About Sidorov Vova
    67 %|Sep 7, 1985
    Animation
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    The Delusion of Rodamus Querk
    0 %|Mar 2, 1983
    Animation
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    Adventure of an Ant
    71 %|Jan 1, 1983
    Animation
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    Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog
    79 %|Nov 10, 1982
    Comedy, Animation, Family
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    Adventures of Captain Vrungel
    75 %|Mar 24, 1980
    Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Action
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    How the Cossacks Helped Musketeers
    72 %|Oct 10, 1979
    Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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    A Robbery In... Style
    74 %|May 27, 1978
    Animation
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    Island
    59 %|Apr 23, 1973
    Animation
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    Only for Adults
    0 %|Apr 24, 1971
    Animation
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    Columbus Docks To The Shore
    0 %|Jan 1, 1967
    Animation, TV Movie
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    Passion of Spies
    57 %|Jan 1, 1967
    Animation

    Series

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    Masha and the Bear
    69 %|Jan 7, 2009
    Animation, Family, Kids, Comedy
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    Masha and the Bear
    69 %|Jan 7, 2009
    Animation, Family, Kids, Comedy
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    The Return of the Prodigal Parrot
    60 %|Oct 7, 1984
    Animation, Kids, Family, Comedy
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    Adventures of Captain Vrungel
    81 %|Mar 24, 1980
    Animation, Kids, Family, Action & Adventure