Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano (Russian: ???´? ?????´??? ?????´?-????´; 8 February [O.S.
27 January] 1900, Moscow – 25 March 1987, Moscow), born Ivanov, was a Soviet animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at VGIK.
One of the pioneers of the Soviet animation school, he is sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation".