Alexei Feofilaktowitsch Charitidi
Alexei Feofilaktowitsch Charitidi ( Russian Алексей Феофилактович Харитиди ; born January 26, 1957 in Sverdlovsk , Soviet Union ) is a Russian animator .
Life
Charitidi initially studied architecture at the State Academy for Architecture and Art of the Urals in Sverdlovsk until 1980. He taught himself his first animation skills and from 1987 worked as an animator at the Sverdlovsk studio. He later attended the Advanced Institute for Scriptwriters and Film Directors in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1994 in animation. Eduard Nazarow was one of his teachers . In her senior year, Charitidi published the short film Gagarin about a caterpillar that dreams of flying, but is plagued by fear of flying and nausea after a turbulent flight in a shuttlecock and accepts its new existence as a butterfly depressed. Gagarin has won several awards and received an Academy Award nomination in 1996 for Best Animated Short Film .
Charitidi lived and worked in Moscow until 1998 and then moved to Canada. He settled in Montreal and initially worked for Michael Mills Productions in the commercial animation sector until 2004 . Further commercials were made from 2004 to 2007 for Sardine Productions and from 2002 to 2009 for the Pascal Blais studio. Since 2008 Charitidi has been working as an animator at Little Animation in Montreal. In addition to commercials, he also animates short films and television series. While his films were initially hand -animated , more recent works such as Darts in the Snow (2007) are created in Flash animation .
Filmography
- 1987: Switchman ( Стрелочник )
- 1992: The Cranks. The Evening Exercise ( Вечерний моцион )
- 1994: Gagarin ( Гагарин )
- 1994: Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV series, one episode)
- 1998: Once By The Blue Sea ( Однажды у синего моря )
- 2003: Creepschool (TV series)
- 2006: Skitterville (TV series, pilot)
- 2007: Darts in the Snow
Awards (selection)
- 1995: Golden Palm , best short film , for Gagarin
- 1995: Audience Award, Festival d'Animation Annecy , for Gagarin
- 1996: Oscar nomination , Best Animated Short , for Gagarin
- 1996: Craft Prize and Gordon Bruce Award for Humor, Ottawa International Animation Festival , for Gagarin
Web links
- Alexei Feofilaktowitsch Charitidi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alexei Charitidi on mediawavefestival.hu
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charitidi, Alexei Feofilaktowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Харитиди, Алексей Феофилактович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sverdlovsk , Soviet Union |