Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Wano

Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano ( Russian Иван Петрович Иванов-Вано * 27 ^{. Jul} / 8. February  1900 ^{. Greg} in Moscow ; † 25. March 1987 ) was a Soviet animated film - director , screenwriter and artistic director .

Life and accomplishments

Ivan Ivanov-Wano was born into a peasant family who had moved to Moscow from the Kaluga governorate . He graduated to 1923 studying at Vkhutemas where Ilya Mashkov was his teacher. Initially he wanted to become a book and magazine illustrator, but in the autumn of 1924 , thanks to his childhood friend Vladimir Suteev , he went to the Moscow film school , where other Wchutemas graduates such as Nikolai Petrovich Khodataev, Yuri Alexandrovich Merkulov and Senon Komissarenko also studied.

In 1925 Ivanov-Wano was involved as an animator in Китай в огне ( Kitai w ogne ), the first Soviet animated film. Two years later he co-directed for the first time; together with Merkulow and Daniil Jakowlewitsch Tscherkes arose Сенька-африканец ( Senka-afrikanez ). The screenplay is based on templates by Kornei Tschukowski , the processing of folkloric motifs and the fixation on a younger audience represented a premiere for the animation film genre in the USSR. This orientation was to be groundbreaking for Ivanov-Wano's further career. In 1936 he went to the Soyuzmultfilmstudio , where the vast majority of his works were created. Three years later he, Boris Wladimirowitsch Dubrowski-Eschke, Fyodor Semjonowitsch Bogorodski and S. Koslowski founded their own department within the Moscow Film School , which at that time was officially called the State All-Union Institute for Cinematography . Ivanov-Wano led the training of directors for animated films, and since 1952 he has held the title of professor. His students included Alina Alexejewna Speschnewa, who animated films for Roman Katschanow , Francesca Alfredowna Yarbusova, Sergei Alexandrowitsch Alimow and Stanislaw Michailowitsch Sokolow. Also Yuri Norstein worked together in the early phase of his career with Ivanov-Vano. Although his way of working had a great influence on his students, he had a reputation for always promoting their independence and individual creativity.

In 1960 Ivanov-Wano moved within the film studio to the department for puppet cartoons.

Over a period of more than 50 years Ivanov-Wano was involved in 42 films as a director, wrote 26 screenplays and appeared five times as artistic director. Many of his works were based on known models as Три мушкетёра ( Tri muschketjora , 1938) by Alexandre Dumas ' The Three Musketeers , Конёк-горбунок ( Konjok-gorbunok , 1947 and 1975 ) by Pyotr Jerschows eponymous literary fairy tales , Гуси-Лебеди ( Gusi-Lebedi , 1949) based on the folk tale Wild swans , the Schneewitchen -Adaption Сказка о мертвой царевне и о семи богатырях ( Skaska o mertwoi zarewne uo semi bogatyrjach , 1951), Снегурочка ( Snegurochka , 1952), Приключения Буратино ( Prikljutschenija Buratino , 1959) on the basis of by Alexei Tolstoy Burattino , Как один мужик двух генералов прокормил ( Kak odin muzhik dwuch Generalov prokormil , 1965) by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin's eponymous story and Tsar Saltan and the Magic island ( Skaske o czars Saltane , 1984) after Pushkin's the tale of Tsar Saltan . Together with Mikhail Alexandrovich Botov, he also produced a film for the World Festival of Youth and Students in 1957 with Песня о дружбе ( Pesnja o druschbe ) . One of his greatest works, however, is Левша ( Levscha , 1964), a film adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's Der Linkhander . The project was prepared over a period of 30 years before Ivanov-Wano considered it feasible in his sense. Juri Norstein, himself also an expert on folkloric topics, was involved here as an animator. Many of Ivanov-Wano's works are classics and have also found international distribution. However, German-language versions have so far only been produced by The Twelve Months (1956), The Hunchback Horse (1975) and Zar Saltan and the Wonder Island (1984).

In addition to his cinematic work, Ivanov-Wano, who had belonged to the CPSU since 1951 , was also the author of Рисованный фильм ( Risowanny film ), a book about animated films. In 1980 he published his autobiography Кадр за кадром ( Kadr sa kadrom ).

Ivanov-Wano died at the age of 87 in his hometown and was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery .

Honors

Ivanov-Wano was named Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1957 , followed by the titles People's Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and 1985 . He was also a bearer of the Order of Lenin , the Order of the October Revolution , the Order of the Red Labor Banner and the medal “For heroic work in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945” . In 1944 he was recognized for “successful work in the field of Soviet film during World War II and the publication of valuable works”. For his films В некотором царстве ( W nekotorom zarstwe , 1957), Левша and Времена года ( Wremena goda , 1968) Ivanov-Wano received the "Vasilyev Brothers" State Prize of the RSFSR in 1970 .

Individual films from his work have also received several awards:

• Конёк-горбунок (1947): Honorary Award at the Marienbad International Film Festival in 1948 and Special Jury Award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1950
• В некотором царстве (1957): First prize of the participating animated films at the All Union Film Festival 1958 and first prize for a children's cartoon at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 1958
• Приключения Буратино (1959): First prize of the participating animated films at the All Union Film Festival 1960
• Левша (1964): Honorary award in the animation film category at the International Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Week 1964
• Времена года (1968): Silver Pelican at the 1970 Mamaia International Film Festival
• Сеча при Керженце ( Setscha pri Kerschenze , 1971): Awarded in the children's cartoon category at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1971 and at the All Union Film Festival 1972, Grand Prix at the International Animated Film Festival in Zagreb in 1972
• The humpback horse (1975): Grand Prix each at the Varna and Tehran International Film Festivals in 1979

Ivanov-Wano is also listed in the United Art Rating , in which, among other things, his "recognizable individual handwriting" ("с узнаваемым индивидуальным почерком") is emphasized.

Private

Ivanov-Wano played hockey and soccer in his youth , including in midfield for ZDKA Moscow . He also enjoyed cooking and was a keen fisherman and mushroom picker .

He had a daughter named Galina.

Filmography (selection)

Director

• 1927: Сенька-африканец (Senka-afrikanez) - co-director with Yuri Alexandrowitsch Merkulow and Daniil Jakowlewitsch Cherkes
• 1934: Сказка о царе Дурандае (Skaske o zare Durandaje) - co-director with Walentine and Sinaida Semenowna Brumberg
• 1938: Три мушкетёра (Tri muschketjora)
• 1941: Не топтать фашистскому сапогу нашей Родины (Ne toptat faschistskomu sapory naschei Rodiny) - co-director with Alexander Wassiljewitsch Ivanov
• 1945: Зимняя сказка (Simnjaja skaska)
• 1947: Конёк-горбунок (Konjok-gorbunok) - co-director with Alexandra Gavrilovna Sneschko-Blozkaya
• 1949: Гуси-Лебеди  (Gusi-Lebedi) - co-director with Alexandra Gavrilovna Sneschko-Blozkaja
• 1951: Сказка о мертвой царевне и о семи богатырях (Skaska o mertwoi zarewne uo semi bogatyrjach)
• 1952:  Snegurochka ( Snegurochka ) - co-director with Alexandra Gavrilovna Sneschko-Blozkaya
• 1953: Лесной концерт  (Lesnoi concert)
• 1956: The Twelve Months (Dwenadzat mesjazew) - co-director with Mikhail Alexandrowitsch Botow
• 1957: В некотором царстве (W nekotorom zarstwe)
• 1957: Песня о дружбе (Pesnja o druschbe) - co-director with Mikhail Alexandrowitsch Botow
• 1959: Приключения Буратино (Prikljutschenija Buratino) - co-director with Dmitri Naumowitsch Babichenko
• 1964: Левша (Levscha)
• 1965: Как один мужик двух генералов прокормил (Kak odin muschik dwuch generalow prokormil) - co-director with Vladimir Petrovich Danilevich
• 1968: Времена года (Wremena goda) - co-director with Juri Norstein
• 1971: Сеча при Керженце (Setscha pri Kerschenze) - co-director with Juri Norstein
• 1975: The Humpbacked Horse (Konjok-gorbunok) - co-director with Boris Petrovich Butakov
• 1984: Tsar Saltan and the Wonder Island (Skaska o zare Saltane) - co-director with Lev Isaakowitsch Miltschin

script

• 1934: Сказка о царе Дурандае (Skaske o zare Durandaje) - co-author with Walentine and Sinaida Semenovna Brumberg
• 1938: Три мушкетёра (Tri muschketjora) - co-author with Georgi Sergejewitsch Beresko
• 1941: Не топтать фашистскому сапогу нашей Родины
• 1945: Зимняя сказка (Simnjaja skaska) - co-author with Evgeni Schwarz
• 1949: Гуси-Лебеди  (Gusi-Lebedi) - co-author with Alexandra Gavrilovna Sneschko-Blozkaya
• 1951: Сказка о мертвой царевне и о семи богатырях (Skaska o mertwoi zarewne uo semi bogatyrjach) - co-author with Yuri Olescha
• 1952:  Snegurochka (Snegurochka) - co-author with Alexandra Gavrilovna Sneschko-Blozkaya and Oleg Leonidowitsch Leonidow
• 1957: Песня о дружбе (Pesnja o druschbe)
• 1964: Левша (Levscha)
• 1965: Как один мужик двух генералов прокормил (Kak odin muschik dwuch generalow prokormil) - co-author with Alexei Dmitrijewitsch Simukow
• 1968: Времена года (Wremena goda)
• 1971: Сеча при Керженце (Setscha pri Kerschenze) - co-author with Juri Norstein
• 1975: The Humpbacked Horse (Konjok-gorbunok) - co-author with Anatoli Alexejewitsch Volkov
• 1984: Tsar Saltan and the Wonder Island (Skaska o zare Saltane) - co-author with Lev Isaakowitsch Miltschin
• 1986: Петух и боярин  (Petuch i bojarin)

Artistic Director

• 1941: Не топтать фашистскому сапогу нашей Родины (Ne toptat faschistskomu sapory naschei Rodiny) - with Alexander Wassiljewitsch Ivanov
• 1984: Tsar Saltan and the Wonder Island (Skaska o zare Saltane) - with Lev Isaakowitsch Miltschin

Web links

• Ivanov Ivanov-Vano in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Profile Ivan Ivanov-Wanos on animator.ru (Russian)
• Excerpts from Ivanov-Wano's book Рисованный фильм (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Biography of Ivanov-Wanos on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Portrait of Ivanov-Wano in the book Наши мультфильмы (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Biography of Ivanov-Wanos on the RIA Novosti website (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
4. ↑ Film data for Китай в огне on animator.ru (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
5. ↑ Film data for Сенька-африканец on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
6. ↑ Excerpts from Alina Speschnewa's filmography on animator.ru (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
7. ↑ Filmography Ivanov-Wanos on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
8. ↑ Film data for Песня о дружбе on kino-teatr.ru (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020
9. ↑ Interview recordings with Galina Iwanowa-Wano on net-film.ru (Russian), accessed on July 5, 2020