Yuriy Meshcheryakov
Yuriy Victorovich Meshcheryakov was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian animator, one of a number of outstanding Soviet animators, who worked at the end of the "golden era" of Soviet animation.
Biography
Yuriy was born in Moscow on 27 August 1946.In 1965 he graduated from the College of Architecture in Moscow.
He attended a course for animators at the studio "Soyuzmultfilm" in 1971 – 1972 year.
Yuriy Meshcheryakov was invited to work on The Films of The Great Soviet directors like Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Roman Kachanov, Fedor Khitruk and other masters.
He made a unique contribution to fifty cartoon films.
When the Soviet animation lost with the collapse of the USSR, Yuri grieved unemployment and economic crisis.
He died on 6 October 2001.
Selected filmography
Art Director
- 1989 – The Lake on The Bottom of The Sea
Animator
- 1975 – How the Cossacks Bought the Salt
- 1982 – About an Old Man, an Old Woman and Thiere Hen Ryaba
- 1984 – The Tale of Tsar Saltan
- 1984 – Lev i byk
- 1985– Dereza
- 1987 – The Porridge of Bogatyr
- 1988 – The Incident with a Hippopotamus
- 1992 – Glasha and Kikimora
- 1995 – People: A Musical Celebration
Artist
- 1991 – Submarine Berets