Lev Milchin


Lev Isaakovich Milchin was a Soviet animation director, art director, artist and book illustrator. He was also a pedagogue at VGIK. He was named an Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1978.

Biography

Lev Milchin was born into the family of the Soviet artist of Jewish origin Isaak Iosifovich Milchin. He graduated from the Minsk art school, then finished a newly opened art faculty at VGIK led by Ivan Ivanov-Vano.
During the Great Patriotic War, Milchin joined Narodnoe Opolcheniye, then worked at CIFS in evacuation as an artist on several movies. After the war he joined Soyuzmultfilm where he contributed to stop-motion and traditionally animated movies both as an art director and a director. Among his collaborators were Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, the Brumberg sisters and others.
Milchin also worked at Mosfilm as an art director. His filmography includes Sampo by Aleksandr Ptushko, Michman Panin by Mikhail Shveitser, My Younger Brother by Aleksandr Zarkhi, Maria, Mirabela by Ion Popescu-Gopo and other titles. He also taught art at VGIK, illustrated books and served as a member of ASIFA.
Milchin died on 28 June 1987, a few months after his friend and teacher Ivan Ivanov-Vano. He was buried in Moscow at the Mitinskoe Cemetery. He was survived by his wife Tamara Vladimirovna Poletika, an animator.

Filmography

Art director:The Humpbacked Horse The Little Flower with Seven Colours Geese-Swans A Strange Voice The Tale of the Dead Tsarevna and the Seven Bogatyrs Tsarevna the Frog The Enchanted Boy The Helping-out Stick Fulfillment of Desires My Younger Brother The Glowworm №3 The Pig-Money-Box Zhu-Zhu-Zhu An Alarm Clock Adventures of the Baron Munchausen The Comedian Brave Robin Hood Stories of the Old Sailor. Antarctica Health Begins at Home The Humpbacked Horse The Steadfast Tin Soldier How Masha Quarreled with a Pillow Masha isn't a Lazy Girl Anymore Metamorphosis New Aladdin Maria, Mirabela The Tale of Tsar Saltan The Cock and Boyarin
Director:The Glowworm №3 The Pig-Money-Box Allowed and Not Allowed Hello, Atom! Zhu-Zhu-Zhu Today is Birthday An Alarm Clock The Glowworm №8 Grandmother's Umbrella Stories of the Old Sailor. Extraordinary Travel Stories of the Old Sailor. Desert Island Stories of the Old Sailor. Antarctica The Steadfast Tin Soldier How Masha Quarreled with a Pillow Masha isn't a Lazy Girl Anymore Masha and the Magic Jam The Tale of Tsar Saltan The Cucumber Horse
  • ''The Cock and Boyarin''