Nikolay Fyodorov

Birthday: 4/7/1914
Deathday: 5/11/1994
Place of birth: Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Nikolai Fedorov, Николай Петрович Фёдоров, Николай Федоров, Н. Федоров, Н. Фёдоров

Biography

In 1934 he completed courses at the Krokodil magazine. Since 1934, he worked in the 5th studio "Mosfilm" as a phase artist, since 1935 - an animator and phase artist in the experimental cartoon workshop at the Main Directorate of the Film and Photo Industry (GUKF) under V.F. Smirnov, since 1936 - at Soyuzmultfilm. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. He led the combined filming group of Soyuzmultfilm, was a member of the research group for the development of a multifaceted cartoon machine (1951), and was a member of the artistic council. In 1957, he made his debut as a director, made hand-drawn films, and worked primarily with production designer M.Ya. Rudachenko. Since 1980 - retired, until 1986 he worked at Soyuzmultfilm as an animator under contracts.