A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Alexander Tatarsky
Oleksandr Tatarskyi
Birthplace:
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Born:
December 11, 1950
Died:
July 22, 2007
Alexander Mikhailovich Tatarsky (Ukranian: Олександр Михайлович Татарський; Russian: Александр Михайлович Татарский; December 11, 1950 – July 22, 2007; Kyiv – Moscow) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet and Russian animation director, screenwriter, animator, producer, artist, co-founder and artistic director of the Pilot Studio. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2000). Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1998).
Animation:
1976 How The Little Bear Was Fed
1976 Musical Fairy Tales
1977 Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort
1977 The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
1978 First Winter
1979 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1979 Castling (An Aquarium Confession)
1979 How the Table Was Carried
1979 Laziness
1979 The Golden-Horned Deer
1981 Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls
1984 This Quite Not About This
Animation Director:
1976 How The Little Bear Was Fed
1976 Musical Fairy Tales
1977 Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort
1977 The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
1978 First Winter
1979 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1979 Castling (An Aquarium Confession)
1979 How the Table Was Carried
1979 Laziness
1979 The Golden-Horned Deer
1981 Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls
1984 This Quite Not About This
2002 About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
Director:
1974 Speaking of Birds
1976 How The Little Bear Was Fed
1976 Musical Fairy Tales
1977 Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort
1977 The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
1978 First Winter
1979 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1979 Castling (An Aquarium Confession)
1979 How the Table Was Carried
1979 Laziness
1979 The Golden-Horned Deer
1981 A Plasticine Crow
1981 Good Night, Kids!
1981 Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls
1982 Incident at the Museum
1982 Microfilms
1982 New Year's Song of Father Frost
1982 Return from the Stars
1982 Take Care of the Bread!
1982 Teleglaz
1983 Another Side of the Moon
1983 Last Year's Snow Was Falling
1984 Alarm
1984 This Quite Not About This
1985 Roundtrip
1985 Rubik's Cube
1985 Signs
1985 Useful Tips From Professor Chaynikov
1986 How Not to Flood the Neighbors
1986 How to Heat a Tent
1986 How to Whitewash the Ceiling
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1
1986 Wings, Legs and Tails
1987 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2
1991 Coup
1992 Here Comes the Cat!
1996 Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast
1999 Gone With The Wind
2002 About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
2003 The Red Gate of Rasemon
2004 How Pan Was a Horse...
2004 Interpretation of Dreams
Producer:
1974 Speaking of Birds
1976 How The Little Bear Was Fed
1976 Musical Fairy Tales
1977 Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort
1977 The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
1978 First Winter
1979 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1979 Castling (An Aquarium Confession)
1979 How the Table Was Carried
1979 Laziness
1979 The Golden-Horned Deer
1981 A Plasticine Crow
1981 Good Night, Kids!
1981 Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls
1982 Incident at the Museum
1982 Microfilms
1982 New Year's Song of Father Frost
1982 Return from the Stars
1982 Take Care of the Bread!
1982 Teleglaz
1983 Another Side of the Moon
1983 Last Year's Snow Was Falling
1984 Alarm
1984 This Quite Not About This
1985 Roundtrip
1985 Rubik's Cube
1985 Signs
1985 Useful Tips From Professor Chaynikov
1986 How Not to Flood the Neighbors
1986 How to Heat a Tent
1986 How to Whitewash the Ceiling
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1
1986 Wings, Legs and Tails
1987 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2
1990 Aviators
1990 Hen, His Wife
1990 Wonders
1991 Andrey Svislotskiy
1991 Coup
1991 Formula 1
1991 Midnight Games
1992 Here Comes the Cat!
1992 Hypnerotomahia
1992 I Can Hear You
1992 Introduction
1993 Fare-Well!
1993 Golden Gate
1993 Origin of Species
1993 Pacifier
1993 Tuk-Tuk
1994 Gagarin
1994 The Other Side
1995 Pilot Brothers are Shooting a Video for MTV
1996 Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast
1996 Pilot Brothers Drink Tea in the Evenings
1996 Pilot Brothers Show Each Other New Year's Magic Tricks
1996 Pilot Brothers Sometimes Fish
1996 Pilot Brothers Suddenly Decided to Hunt
1998 Night Metro
1998 Respect the Work of the Cleaners
1999 Gone With The Wind
2002 About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
2003 The Red Gate of Rasemon
2004 How Pan Was a Horse...
2004 Interpretation of Dreams
2004 Orphan Fox
2005 Big Rooster
2005 Evil Ones
2005 Raven is a Deceiver
2005 The Fox and the Thrush
2006 Nightingale
2006 Tom Thumb
2007 Servant-Hare
2008 How the Sun and the Moon Reconciled
2008 Maima Long-Awaited
Production Design:
1974 Speaking of Birds
1976 How The Little Bear Was Fed
1976 Musical Fairy Tales
1977 Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort
1977 The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
1978 First Winter
1979 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1979 Castling (An Aquarium Confession)
1979 How the Table Was Carried
1979 Laziness
1979 The Golden-Horned Deer
1981 A Plasticine Crow
1981 Good Night, Kids!
1981 Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls
1982 Incident at the Museum
1982 Microfilms
1982 New Year's Song of Father Frost
1982 Return from the Stars
1982 Take Care of the Bread!
1982 Teleglaz
1983 Another Side of the Moon
1983 Last Year's Snow Was Falling
1984 Alarm
1984 This Quite Not About This
1985 Roundtrip
1985 Rubik's Cube
1985 Signs
1985 Useful Tips From Professor Chaynikov
1986 How Not to Flood the Neighbors
1986 How to Heat a Tent
1986 How to Whitewash the Ceiling
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1
1986 Wings, Legs and Tails
1987 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2
1990 Aviators
1990 Hen, His Wife
1990 Wonders
1991 Andrey Svislotskiy
1991 Coup
1991 Formula 1
1991 Midnight Games
1992 Here Comes the Cat!
1992 Hypnerotomahia
1992 I Can Hear You
1992 Introduction
1993 Fare-Well!
1993 Golden Gate
1993 Origin of Species
1993 Pacifier
1993 Tuk-Tuk
1994 Gagarin
1994 The Other Side
1995 Pilot Brothers are Shooting a Video for MTV
1996 Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast
1996 Pilot Brothers Drink Tea in the Evenings
1996 Pilot Brothers Show Each Other New Year's Magic Tricks
1996 Pilot Brothers Sometimes Fish
1996 Pilot Brothers Suddenly Decided to Hunt
1998 Night Metro
1998 Respect the Work of the Cleaners
1999 Gone With The Wind
2002 About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
2003 The Red Gate of Rasemon
2004 How Pan Was a Horse...
2004 Interpretation of Dreams
2004 Orphan Fox
2005 Big Rooster
2005 Evil Ones
2005 Raven is a Deceiver
2005 The Fox and the Thrush
2006 Nightingale
2006 Tom Thumb
2007 Servant-Hare
2008 How the Sun and the Moon Reconciled
2008 Maima Long-Awaited
Screenplay:
1974 Speaking of Birds
1976 How The Little Bear Was Fed
1976 Musical Fairy Tales
1977 Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort
1977 The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
1978 First Winter
1979 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1979 Castling (An Aquarium Confession)
1979 How the Table Was Carried
1979 Laziness
1979 The Golden-Horned Deer
1981 A Plasticine Crow
1981 Good Night, Kids!
1981 Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls
1982 Incident at the Museum
1982 Microfilms
1982 New Year's Song of Father Frost
1982 Return from the Stars
1982 Take Care of the Bread!
1982 Teleglaz
1983 Another Side of the Moon
1983 Last Year's Snow Was Falling
1984 Alarm
1984 This Quite Not About This
1985 Roundtrip
1985 Rubik's Cube
1985 Signs
1985 Useful Tips From Professor Chaynikov
1986 How Not to Flood the Neighbors
1986 How to Heat a Tent
1986 How to Whitewash the Ceiling
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1
1986 Wings, Legs and Tails
1987 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2
1990 Aviators
1990 Hen, His Wife
1990 Wonders
1991 Andrey Svislotskiy
1991 Coup
1991 Formula 1
1991 Midnight Games
1992 Here Comes the Cat!
1992 Hypnerotomahia
1992 I Can Hear You
1992 Introduction
1993 Fare-Well!
1993 Golden Gate
1993 Origin of Species
1993 Pacifier
1993 Tuk-Tuk
1994 Gagarin
1994 The Other Side
1995 Pilot Brothers are Shooting a Video for MTV
1996 Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast
1996 Pilot Brothers Drink Tea in the Evenings
1996 Pilot Brothers Show Each Other New Year's Magic Tricks
1996 Pilot Brothers Sometimes Fish
1996 Pilot Brothers Suddenly Decided to Hunt
1998 Night Metro
1998 Respect the Work of the Cleaners
1999 Gone With The Wind
2002 About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
2003 The Red Gate of Rasemon
2004 How Pan Was a Horse...
2004 Interpretation of Dreams
2004 Orphan Fox
2005 Big Rooster
2005 Evil Ones
2005 Raven is a Deceiver
2005 The Fox and the Thrush
2006 Nightingale
2006 Tom Thumb
2007 Servant-Hare
2008 How the Sun and the Moon Reconciled
2008 Maima Long-Awaited
Writer:
1974 Speaking of Birds
1976 How The Little Bear Was Fed
1976 Musical Fairy Tales
1977 Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort
1977 The Adventures of Vakula the Smith
1978 First Winter
1979 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1979 Castling (An Aquarium Confession)
1979 How the Table Was Carried
1979 Laziness
1979 The Golden-Horned Deer
1981 A Plasticine Crow
1981 Good Night, Kids!
1981 Once Upon a Time There Were Matryoshka Dolls
1982 Incident at the Museum
1982 Microfilms
1982 New Year's Song of Father Frost
1982 Return from the Stars
1982 Take Care of the Bread!
1982 Teleglaz
1983 Another Side of the Moon
1983 Last Year's Snow Was Falling
1984 Alarm
1984 This Quite Not About This
1985 Roundtrip
1985 Rubik's Cube
1985 Signs
1985 Useful Tips From Professor Chaynikov
1986 How Not to Flood the Neighbors
1986 How to Heat a Tent
1986 How to Whitewash the Ceiling
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki
1986 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1
1986 Wings, Legs and Tails
1987 Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2
1990 Aviators
1990 Hen, His Wife
1990 Wonders
1991 Andrey Svislotskiy
1991 Coup
1991 Formula 1
1991 Midnight Games
1992 Here Comes the Cat!
1992 Hypnerotomahia
1992 I Can Hear You
1992 Introduction
1993 Fare-Well!
1993 Golden Gate
1993 Origin of Species
1993 Pacifier
1993 Tuk-Tuk
1994 Gagarin
1994 The Other Side
1995 Pilot Brothers are Shooting a Video for MTV
1996 Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast
1996 Pilot Brothers Drink Tea in the Evenings
1996 Pilot Brothers Show Each Other New Year's Magic Tricks
1996 Pilot Brothers Sometimes Fish
1996 Pilot Brothers Suddenly Decided to Hunt
1998 Night Metro
1998 Respect the Work of the Cleaners
1999 Gone With The Wind
2002 About the Girl Who Found Her Bear
2003 The Red Gate of Rasemon
2004 How Pan Was a Horse...
2004 Interpretation of Dreams
2004 Orphan Fox
2005 Big Rooster
2005 Evil Ones
2005 Raven is a Deceiver
2005 The Fox and the Thrush
2006 Nightingale
2006 Tom Thumb
2007 Servant-Hare
2008 How the Sun and the Moon Reconciled
2008 Maima Long-Awaited
Animation:
1976 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
Creator:
1976 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1989 Lift
1997 Attic of Fruttis
1999 Academy of Their Own Mistakes, or the Pilot Brothers Save Russia
2000 Turn Out the Lights!
2005 Mountain of Gems
2006 Multi-Russia
2011 The Fixies
Director:
1976 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1989 Lift
1997 Attic of Fruttis
1999 Academy of Their Own Mistakes, or the Pilot Brothers Save Russia
1999 Mike, Lu and Og
2000 Turn Out the Lights!
2005 Mountain of Gems
2006 Multi-Russia
2011 The Fixies
Idea:
1976 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1989 Lift
1997 Attic of Fruttis
1999 Academy of Their Own Mistakes, or the Pilot Brothers Save Russia
1999 Mike, Lu and Og
2000 Turn Out the Lights!
2005 Mountain of Gems
2006 Multi-Russia
2011 The Fixies
Producer:
1976 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1989 Lift
1997 Attic of Fruttis
1999 Academy of Their Own Mistakes, or the Pilot Brothers Save Russia
1999 Mike, Lu and Og
2000 Turn Out the Lights!
2005 Mountain of Gems
2006 Multi-Russia
2011 The Fixies
Writer:
1976 Adventures of Captain Vrungel
1989 Lift
1997 Attic of Fruttis
1999 Academy of Their Own Mistakes, or the Pilot Brothers Save Russia
1999 Mike, Lu and Og
2000 Turn Out the Lights!
2005 Mountain of Gems
2006 Multi-Russia
2011 The Fixies
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