Anatoly Petrov (animator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anatoly Petrov (animator)

animator and director (1937-2010)

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1937

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 03-Mar-2010

Profession: screenwriter, animator, painter, film director, director

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Anatoly Alexeyevich Petrov (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ??????; 15 September 1937 — 3 March 2010) was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, artist and educator at VGIK known as the founder of the long-running anthology series Happy Merry-Go-Round and developer of the animation technique he called photographics (also known as graphical painting).
A member of ASIFA, he was named Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR in 1989.