Nikolay Fyodorov

Directing

Born April 7, 1914 · Moscow, Russian Empire

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.