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Mikhail Aldashin

Director, artist, producer


He was born in 1958 in Tuapse. In 1987, he graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of cinematography (VGIK) majoring in the art directing of feature films. In 1989, he graduated from the higher courses for scriptwriters and directors, as a director-animator. In 1993-95, he was a director and a producer of the film company "TEKO" (Moscow), engaged in advertising. 1997 - worked in the USA on the creation of the television series "Mike, Lu & Og" (Cartoon Network), and in 1998 - 2002 he was the artistic director and chief director of this series at the Moscow Studio "Pilot". In 2003-2007, he worked at the "Pilot" Animation Studio, was a member of the Art Council of the project "Mountain of Gems", was the artistic director of a number of films within the project as well as the director of the film "Ivan the Fool”. He taught at the School-Studio "SHAR". From May 2013 to August 2016, he was the artistic director of the "Souzmultfilm" Studio. May 2017 he works as the creative producer for short film projects the "Soyuzmultfilm" Studio. Participant and winner of many national and international festivals.

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Selected films:
1988 «Kele», (co-director with Peep Pedmanson)
1989
«Poumse»,
1991 «The Hunter»,
1991 «The Putsch»,
1993 «The Other Side»,
1996 «The Nativity»,
1998 «Optimus Mundus 41. Tzars»,
1999-2000 «Mike, Lu & Og»,
2002 «Small Insects»,
2004 «Ivan the Fool»
, 2012 «The Immortal».









Sergey Merinov

Director, screenwriter, animator, teacher


Born in Moscow in 1966. In 1989, he graduated with honors from the Moscow College of Arts and Crafts ¹ 75 with a profession of a graphic designer. In 1990, he joined the "Pilot" Studio. In 1992, he graduated from the courses of animators at the "Pilot "Studio. In 1998-2002, he worked as a storyboarding director on an international project of the Cartoon Network channel named "Mike, Lu and Og". In 2002, he graduated from the Higher Courses of Directing and Scriptwriting at the Gerasimov VGIK majoring in direction of an animated episode. Since 2003, engaged in teaching, he teaches at the animation courses at the Studio "FAF", "Pilot", "Studio "Panorama" by A. Petrov", Scream School. He is the President of the Guild of Animation Professionals AACR, the President of the Golden Fish International Festival of Children's Animated Films. He is a member of the artistic Council of the "Pilot" Studio and the artistic Board of the "Mountain of Gems" project (he directed all of the title sequences and a few films from this project, including "Teeth, a Tail and Ears" (2011), "Yegory the Brave" (2009), "Kuygorozh" (2007)). He is the creator and the head of the Clay Department of the "Pilot" Studio. Artistic Director of the Animation Studio "Plasticine". Multiple nominee and awardee of Russian and International film festivals.

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Selected Films:
1995 «Tale pf Hatred»,
1996 «Russian Nails»,
1998 «New Russian Animals», «Tim», «Kremlins»,
2002 «Beasts’ Songs»,
2007 «Kuygorozh», director, scriptwriter
2007-2010 «Multi Russia», a project, director,
2009 «Yegory the Brave»,
2010 «There Was Once Sasha Walking down a Highway», director, scriptwriter,
2011 «Teeth, a Tail and Ears», director,
2012 «Chicken and Kitten», director, scriptwriter,
2012 «Watches», «Internet» è «Milk» (project “Fixipelkies”), director, scriptwriter,
2012 «Kitchen»,
2013 «Vanity of Vanities», director, scriptwriter, 2014 «Chamber of a Fly», director, scriptwriter,
2014 «Plasticine-Alphabet», director, scriptwriter,
2015 «A Green World» (Leonid Agutin’s music video), director,
2015 «Man Is Simple», director, scriptwriter,
2015 «That Tortoise» (project «Tales from all over the World»), artistic director, scriptwriter,
2016 «A Little Christmas Tree» (project «Merry-Go-Round»), director, scriptwriter,
2016 «Heritors» (project “UNESCO World Heritage Sites with Smeshariki”), series, director,
2016 «Animatango», co-director,
2017 «Russian Language with Smeshariki», series, director, scriptwriter, 2017 «Pants» (project «Multipelkies»), director, scriptwriter.









Yekaterina Filippova

assistant


Born in Moscow in 1990. Graduated from the International Slavic Institute in 2011, with a profession of a film and theatre actress. In 2015, graduated from the School-Studio SHAR majoring in animation direction. Has been studying at the experimental youth association at "Souzmultfilm" Studio in 2016-2017.

Selected films:
2010 «The Foundling»,
2013 «A Girl and a Snowball»,
2015 «A Birdie»,
2016 «Goats»,
2018 «Trunky».









Polina Skorokhodova

assistant


Artist and animator. Born in Moscow in 1992. Studied languages in Moscow State Linguistic University, graduated from Theatre Art and Technical College 60. Participated in AnimaLab 2014 in the group supervised by Liza Skvortsova, took part in the Summer School 2016, co-directed 60HOUR Challenge film "The Last Apple" in 2017& Her graduation film "The Borscht" was shortlisted for a number of festivals in 2017-2018. Now studying in SkillsUp School and taking a BiteyCastle Vfx course.

Selected Films:
2014 «The Breakfast» (co-directed with other AnimaLab students),
2016 «Corrections» (co-directed with other Summer School students),
2017 «The Last Apple» (60HOUR Challenge íà Colchester Film Festival), co-director, animator,
2017 «The Borscht», graduation film.