Alexander Tatarsky died

The head of the animated studio "Pilot" died at 57 years of life in 57 years, the director, animator, founder and permanent leader of the pilot studio Alexander Tatarsky passed away. Everyone knows and loves his “plasticine crow”, “Koloboks lead”, “last year’s snow fell” and other cartoons.

Alexander Tatarsky died on the night of Sunday, reports ITAR-TASS . Nothing has been reported about the causes of his death. According to preliminary information, his funeral will be held on Wednesday.

Alexander Mikhailovich Tatarsky was born on December 11, 1950 in Kiev. In 1974 he graduated from the Kiev State Institute of Theater and Cinema named after the Karpenko-Karoy with a degree in cinema-kinoved-editor and specialized courses of multipliers of the Goskino Ukrainian SSR (1975)

In 1968, Tatar came to the animation, at the Kievna Science studio, where he took part in the creation of dozens of tapes and took possession of almost all professions related to the production of cartoons.

In 1980, he was invited by the leadership of the GOSTELEARODO of the USSR to work in Moscow as a filmmaker in the multi -tank of the T/O "screen". At the same time, in the status of a free -lister, he attended classes of the highest courses of scriptwriters and directors of the UK and Goskino of the USSR for two years.

The first film, shot on television, - Plasticine crow (1981) - became a popular bestseller and received more than 25 festival awards, including the Grand Prix at the All -Union Festival of Television Films in 1981 and a diploma at the ICF in Gabrovo (Bulgaria) in 1982.

The second work was a plasticine screensaver for the transfer of "Good night, kids", known to several generations of small and already adult viewers. Then the film “Last year’s snow fell” (1983) was shot, which also had a large and long -term success and received many festival awards, starting with the Silver Cuker at the World Animation Cinema Festival in the city of Class (Class A).

The next film, “The Reverse side of the Moon” (1984) gathered a huge award crop at that time, including the “Golden Clown” at the World Animated Cinema Festival in Zagreb (class “A” festival), and at the Film Festival in London the film “The Reverse Party of the Moon” was recognized as the best animation film in the world in 1984.

The next work of the author was also awarded many high awards - “Koloboks conduct the investigation” (together with Kovalev, 1986). For the first time, Tatar's branded characters appeared in this film - the famous detectives of the pilots brothers.

In the same year, the Tatarsky won the international tender for the right to produce animation for the American television channel TBS (Tad Turner Project) and completed work that was a great success in the United States. This was the first successful case of work of the animated director from the USSR for the Western Customer.

In the same years, the Tatarsky was invited by a teacher to the highest courses of scriptwriters and directors, where he prepared a number of highly professional specialists (one of them, Alexei Kharitidi, later for his thesis, Gagarin, shot under the artistic leadership of the Tatar at the pilot studio, received a palm branch at the Cannes festival).

Having removed a number of successful work for television, Tatar began to create an independent school and production studio. In 1988, the Moscow animation studio "Pilot" appeared - the first independent non -state studio in the history of modern Russia. All these years, the Tatar was its president and artistic director, performed in various projects of the studio in different role: producer, screenwriter, director.

In 1998, Alexander Tatarsky was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art for the cycle of animated films "from the personal life of the pilots of the pilots" and the children's television program "The attic of the pilot brothers". In 2000, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

Since 1995, Alexander Tatarsky has been the president of the open Russian festival of animated cinema. He was a member of the film Academy "Nick" and the Academy of Cinematographic Sciences and Arts "Golden Eagle", was engaged in teaching.

07/22/2007 / gzt.ru