Serguei Kouchnerov (born 22 June 1960 in Rahachow, Belarusian SSR) - artist, animator, director, story artist and screenwriter. He started his career as an animator and director in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1992, he was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation as a character animator and came to the United States of America, where he currently lives and works at Illumination Entertainment.
Serguei Kouchnerov worked for Kievnauchfilm Studio in Kiev, Ukraine (then Soviet Union) on the animated feature film Treasure Island (1988) and on many other animated short films. When in the United States he worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation on Fantasia 2000 before joining DreamWorks Animation for such animated feature films as The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Shrek 2 (2004), Bee Movie (2007), Madagascar (2005), Over the Hedge (2006), and Madagascar 2 (2008). One of his current work as an author was a CGI animated short film The Hybrid Union (2010), It was part of an international theatrical release as well as available in the theatrical program on iTunes, Amazon.com, VOD and Shorts HD. View The Hybrid Union Film in iTunes and Amazon.com
As Director
The Hybrid Union (CGI animated short film, 2010)
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The Log (Animated short film, 1988)
A Vicious Circle, (Animated short film, 1988)
Hopeless Wombat (Animated short film, 1991)
As Supervising animator / Character animator
Madagascar 2 (2008) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation
Bee Movie (2007) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation
Over the Hedge (2006) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation
Madagascar (2005) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation
Shrek 2 (2004) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (Supervising animator) - DreamWorks Animation
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation
The Road to El Dorado (2000) (Supervising animator) - DreamWorks Animation
The Prince of Egypt (1998) (Supervising animator) - DreamWorks Animation
Fantasia 2000 (2000) (Character animator, Character design) - Walt Disney Animation
The Lion King (1994) (Game/Animator) - Walt Disney Animation
Treasure Island (1988) (Lead animator) - Kievnauchfilm Kiev, Ukraine (then Soviet Union) (Russian)
As Storyboard Artist
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) - DreamWorks Animation
Bob's Burgers - (Animated TV Series/FOX)
As Story Artist
Chicken Run (2000) - DreamWorks Animation / Aardman
