Years active 1973–2000 | Name Yuriy Meshcheryakov | |
Full Name Yuriy Victorovich Meshcheryakov Born 27 August 1946 ( 1946-08-27 ) Moscow, Soviet Union Died 6 October 2001(2001-10-06) (aged 55)
Moscow, Russian Federation Occupation animator, art director, artist | ||
Yuriy Victorovich Meshcheryakov (Russian: Юрий Викторович Мещеряков; 27 August 1946, Moscow – 6 October 2001, Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian animator, one of a number of outstanding Soviet animators, who worked at the end of the "golden era" of Soviet animation.
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Biography
Yuriy was born in Moscow on 27 August 1946.
In 1965 he graduated from the College of Architecture in Moscow.
He attended a course for animators at the studio "Soyuzmultfilm" in 1971 – 1972 year.
Yuriy Meshcheryakov was invited to work on The Films of The Great Soviet directors like Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Roman Kachanov, Fedor Khitruk and other masters.
He made a unique contribution to fifty cartoon films.
When the Soviet animation lost with the collapse of the USSR, Yuri grieved unemployment and economic crisis.
He died on 6 October 2001.