Boris Dyozhkin(1914-1992)
- Animation Department
- Director
- Art Director
Boris Dyozhkin is Soviet animator, production designer, artist and screenwriter. One of the prominent figures of the Soviet animation. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1969).
In 1934 he graduated from art animation courses at the Press House in Moscow. In the same year, he began working in an experimental animation workshop at the GUKF under the leadership of Viktor Smirnov, which was transformed into the Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1936. Dyozhkin made his debut as an animator in the film Fox the Builder (1936), also worked as a production designer. Until 1951, he collaborated with Gennadiy Filippov, with whom he created many joint films. He was very popular as an animator; his sense of rhythm, the ability to synchronize the picture with music set the bar for the entire domestic industry and for many years determined the style of the studio.
In 1946, Dyozhkin shot his first cartoon on sports subjects - A Quiet Glade (1946). Over time, it was this theme that became the main one in his work. Since 1947, he taught at the courses of animated artists at Soyuzmultfilm. Since 1960, Boris Dyozhkin independently worked in animated films, acting as an art director for his films and almost always developing characters.
In 1934 he graduated from art animation courses at the Press House in Moscow. In the same year, he began working in an experimental animation workshop at the GUKF under the leadership of Viktor Smirnov, which was transformed into the Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1936. Dyozhkin made his debut as an animator in the film Fox the Builder (1936), also worked as a production designer. Until 1951, he collaborated with Gennadiy Filippov, with whom he created many joint films. He was very popular as an animator; his sense of rhythm, the ability to synchronize the picture with music set the bar for the entire domestic industry and for many years determined the style of the studio.
In 1946, Dyozhkin shot his first cartoon on sports subjects - A Quiet Glade (1946). Over time, it was this theme that became the main one in his work. Since 1947, he taught at the courses of animated artists at Soyuzmultfilm. Since 1960, Boris Dyozhkin independently worked in animated films, acting as an art director for his films and almost always developing characters.
