Director,
Writer,
Production designer,
Producer
Born 1967, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Svyatoslav USHAKOV
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Святослав УШАКОВ
Sviatoslav OUCHAKOV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2022 - Dark Side (Темная сторона) [animation, 8 mn]
2020 - The Bear (Медведь) [animation, 15 mn]
2018 - Baba Yaga. The Beginning (Баба Яга. Начало) [animation, 63 mn]
2009 - Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs (Белка и Стрелка. Звёздные собаки) [animation, 85 mn]
2007 - Two Italians (Два итальянца) [animation, 10 mn]
1998 - Short Legs (Короткие ноги) [animation, short film]
1997 - Before I lived by the Seaside (Раньше я жил у моря) [animation, 10 mn]
 
Writer
2020 - The Bear (Медведь) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 15 mn]
2009 - Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs (Белка и Стрелка. Звёздные собаки) from Inna EVLANNIKOVA , Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 85 mn]
2007 - Two Italians (Два итальянца) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 10 mn]
1998 - Gone with the wind (Унесенные ветром) from Aleksandr TATARSKY [animation, 11.18 mn]
1998 - Short Legs (Короткие ноги) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, short film]
1997 - Before I lived by the Seaside (Раньше я жил у моря) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 10 mn]
 
Production designer
2009 - Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs (Белка и Стрелка. Звёздные собаки) from Inna EVLANNIKOVA , Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 85 mn]
2007 - Two Italians (Два итальянца) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 10 mn]
1998 - Short Legs (Короткие ноги) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, short film]
1997 - Before I lived by the Seaside (Раньше я жил у моря) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 10 mn]
 
Producer
2009 - Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs (Белка и Стрелка. Звёздные собаки) from Inna EVLANNIKOVA , Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, 85 mn]
1998 - Short Legs (Короткие ноги) from Svyatoslav USHAKOV [animation, short film]

Other films
2002 - Белка и Циклопы (Orange (USA, in Cyclops (Russia-USA, 2002))
1998 – Аэрофлот (Aeroflot)
1994-1997 Helpman and Red Cross (Russia-Germany, series)
1992 - Лифт 4 (Elevator 4)
1992 – Мамонт (Mammoth)
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs :
Best Animation film, Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2011

Biography
Born in 1967 in Moscow.
In the 1980s worked as a cartoonist for Moscow newspapers.
Graduated from the courses for animators with VGIK (1990), from the courses for animation teachers (1991). Since early 90s took up a regular job as art director, animator and director at the "Pilot" studio. In 1997 graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors as animation director. Among his teachers were Khitruk, Nazarov, Norshtein. In 1996 founded the studio "Nils". Later worked for Russian and American studios «Kinofilm», «Klasky Csupo», «TsNF-Anima».
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Le cosmos comme terrain de jeu : l’espace dans l’animation soviétique et russe , Birgit BEUMERS, Nina SPUTNITSKAYA, 2019, hal.archives-ouvertes.fr
- Inna Evlannikova and Sviatoslav Ushakov : Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs (Belka i Strelka. Zvezdnye sobaki, 2010) , Vlad STRUKOV, 2010, kinokultura.com