Vladimir Popov (animator) explained

Vladimir Popov
Birth Name:Vladimir Ivanovich Popov
Birth Date:1930 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation:Animator

Vladimir Ivanovich Popov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Попов; 5 June 1930 – 1 April 1987) was a Soviet and Russian animator and art director. A member of ASIFA, he was named Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR in 1986.[1] [2]

Biography

Vladimir Popov grew up in a communal apartment near Soyuzmultfilm. He was fond of painting since childhood and visited an art school. He also produced hand-made cartoons by drawing humorous scenes from the life of his neighbours on a transparent filmstrip and demonstrating them to a great success.[3]

In 1951, Popov was employed by Soyuzmultfilm; for the next ten years he had been working as an animator with Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Leonid Amalrik and other leading directors. Since 1960, he had been directing films together with Vladimir Pekar, also acting as an art director.[3] Their most popular work of that time was Umka (1969), a traditionally animated short about a little polar bear loved by generations of children, along with the lullaby song performed by Aida Vedishcheva.[4]

Since 1975, Popov had been working alone. Among his popular films were adaptations of Nikolay Nosov's Bobik Visiting Barbos (1977) and Yuri Koval's The Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov (1981). Yet his biggest success was the Three from Prostokvashino trilogy produced in 1978–1984 and based on the comedy fairy tales by Eduard Uspensky. Despite the cold reception from the officials, the mini-series became incredibly popular and turned into the source of many catchphrases.[5] It was named the third best animated film/series of all time in the all-Russian poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation on February, 2014.[6]

Vladimir Popov died on 1 April 1987 aged 56. His death was sudden and unexpected. He was buried in the family tomb at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.[7] In 1989, he was posthumously awarded the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Sergei Kapkov. 2006. Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation. Moscow. Algorithm. 524–525.
  2. Book: Giannalberto Bendazzi. 2016. Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. Google Books. 292. CRC Press . 978-1-317-51991-1 .
  3. Book: Vladimir Popov. Our Animation. Irina Margolina, Natalia Lozinskaya. 2006. Interros. 112. Russian. 5-91105-007-2. 19 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070829125533/http://books.interros.ru/index.php?book=mult&id=18&mode=print. 29 August 2007.
  4. https://arctic.ru/environmental/20160311/315834.html Facts about polar bears
  5. http://animator.ru/articles/article.phtml?id=78 Interview with the art director Arcady Sher
  6. https://ria.ru/culture/20140226/997163184.html The Nu, Pogodi! Series Turned to Be the Most Beloved Animation in Russia
  7. http://www.moscow-tombs.ru/1987/popov_vi.htm Vladimir Popov's tomb

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