Occupation Animator
Director Name Georgi Gitis | Role Director | |
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Full Name Georgi Kel'manovich Gitis Born March 2, 1977 ( 1977-03-02 ) Moscow, USSR Similar People Sergey Selyanov, Georgiy Daneliya, Leonid Yarmolnik, Konstantin Ernst | ||
Georgi Kel'manovich Gitis (Russian: Георгий Кельманович Гитис; born 1977) is a Russian animator, director and producer.
He is graduate of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 2001. There he completed his first animated film SemsOrochek (Russian: СемьсОрочек) in cooperation with Liza Skvortsova. In 2002-2004 he worked as a director and animator in the animation TV series Dyatlovy (REN TV Channel), which has won several awards at the Russian animation films festivals.
In 2008-2009 he has worked at Paradise Studio as the director of the animated feature film Priklyuchenya Alenushki i Eremi (which became the first Russian 3D animation film in wide release) and its sequel Novye priklyucheniya Alenushki i Eremy. His Novye priklyucheniya Alenushki i Eremy won the Best Animation Award at the Kinotavrik-2010.
Since 2012 he has worked as executive producer and director at CTB Studio (animated feature films Ku! Kin-dza-dza, Kak poymat pero Zhar-Ptitsy).