Eduard Nazarov

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Nov 23, 1941 (83 years old)
Death date
Sep 11, 2016

Eduard Nazarov

Known For

Masha and the Bear: Twice the Fun
1h 20m
Movie 2023

Masha and the Bear: Twice the Fun

Masha leaves the forest in pursuit of an adventure in the city, where she encounters many unexpected situations and surprises while attending a wedding, and later seeks to do everything in her power to save Christmas.

Masha and the Bear - To the Cinema
1h 5m
Movie 2017

Masha and the Bear - To the Cinema

Masha is an energetic three-year-old who lives in an old train station in the forest. Precocious, silly, and friendly with everyone she meets, this energetic girl can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Bear is a warm, fatherly figure that does his best to guide his friend and keep her from harm, often ending up the unintended victim of her misadventures. Though he enjoys his quiet time alone, he misses those moments when Masha is not around. Together with a rag-tag group of friendly animals that have made the forest their home, Masha and the Bear entertains adults and children alike, teaching viewers about creativity, loyalty and true friendship.

The Cat and the Mouse
0h 13m
Movie 2015

The Cat and the Mouse

The story of an unusual and touching friendship between a cat and a mouse.

We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation
0h 48m
Movie 2012

We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation

Chukchi Gambit
0h 13m
Movie 2012

Chukchi Gambit

It's not easy for a rabbit to live – then a hunter tries to shoot with a gun, then a bear attacks, then a wolf threatens to eat, then a fox. How to survive in the tundra, how not to disappear in this not very hospitable region? The poor hare is like between two fires – he barely has time to hide from the hunter, as predatory animals immediately overtake him…

Tale of the Khotan Carpet
0h 14m
Movie 2012

Tale of the Khotan Carpet

The wolf, the fox and the tiger seized power in the forest, literally ravaging the land in their hungry greed. The unfortunate hares that remained alive for the time being offered the big animals a "social contract": the rabbits themselves come to be eaten, and for that the wolf, fox and tiger will not hunt them.

After...
0h 13m
Movie 2010

After...

If you have lost someone, should you look for a replacement?

Teeth, Tail and Ears
0h 15m
Movie 2010

Teeth, Tail and Ears

Three fairy tales of three different peoples living in Russia. In the first – a story about why a hare has two teeth sticking out in front, in the second – why his tail is short, and about long ears it will become clear after the third tale. That, it turns out, is how much different peoples have in common – after all, everyone is curious to know about the hare.

Dog's Master
0h 13m
Movie 2010

Dog's Master

The story of how a man, by a court verdict, served a quarrelsome master ... as a dog. And how he taught the evil master a lesson for all the insults.

Goat Hut
0h 13m
Movie 2009

Goat Hut

In a strange house in the forest, three cheerful and hard-working goats accidentally got a harmful boy Cornflower.

Biography

Eduard Vasilievich Nazarov (Russian: Эдуард Васильевич Назаров; 23 November 1941 – 11 September 2016; Moscow) was a Russian (and Soviet) animator, screenwriter, voice actor, book illustrator and educator, artistic director at the Pilot Studio (2007–2016), vice-president of ASIFA (1987–1999) and a co-president of the KROK International Animated Films Festival. Eduard Nazarov was born in a bomb shelter during the Battle of Moscow. His parents were Russian engineers who met at the end of 1930s while studying at Moscow institutes. Nazarov's ancestors came from the Bryansk Oblast and had a peasant background. He became engaged in painting since childhood and while in the 9th grade entered an art school where he got acquainted with Yuri Norstein, his close friend since. After three years in the Soviet Army Nazarov entered Stroganov Institute. Simultaneously he started working at Soyuzmultfilm in 1959 as an apprentice, self-educating, since he was too late for the animation courses. He worked as an artist-renderer, an art director's assistant under Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and as an art director under Fyodor Khitruk, most famously creating Winnie-the-Pooh for the Soviet adaptation of the fairy tale. Since 1973 he had been directing his own short films, often combining duties of an art director, screenwriter and voice actor. "Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog" (1982) is generally considered his most prominent work; it was awarded the First Prize at the 1983 Odense International Film Festival and a Special Jury Award at the 1983 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Between 1979 and 2000 Nazarov had been working at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors as an educator. He also illustrated various books and magazines. His last film "Martynko" (1987) was made during perestroika and banned for four years because Nazarov refused to change the name of the cartoon princess Raisa. During the 1990s he directed commercials and hosted a number of television shows dedicated to Russian and world animation. In 1991 he became a co-president of the KROK International Animated Films Festival, along with David Cherkassky. In 1993 he co-founded the SHAR animation school-studio along with Andrei Khrzhanovsky, Yuri Norstein and Fyodor Khitruk where he worked until his death. In 2004 Nazarov joined the Pilot Studio in their "Mountain of Gems" project, a grand government-backed TV series that combined efforts of many animators; between 2004 and 2015 they produced around seventy 13-minute shorts based on various traditional fairy tales of different Russian and former Soviet regions. In addition to art direction, Nazarov also co-wrote screenplays and did voice-overs to some of them. After the sudden death of Alexander Tatarsky in 2007 he turned into an artistic director of the studio. Nazarov suffered from diabetes for many years and had to undergone a surgery late in his life, losing one of the legs. He continued teaching students through Skype. Eduard Nazarov died on 11 September 2016 and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.

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