Yevhen Syvokin
Soviet and Ukrainian animator (artist and director) (*1937)
About Yevhen Syvokin
Lived 1937 – 2026 (aged 88). Yevhen Syvokin was a Russian and Ukrainian film director, animator, visual artist, director, opinion journalist and screenwriter.
Yevhen Yakovych Syvokin (; 7 May 1937 – 5 May 2026) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director of animated films. He won numerous Soviet, Ukrainian and international festivals.
As of 2007, almost all Ukrainian animation was created by students of his.
He was the author If You Love Animation (1985).
Syvokin died on 5 May 2026, at the age of 88.
Filmography Director 1966: Fragments 1968: The Man Who Could Fly 1970: The Tale of Good Rhino 1971: Good Name 1971: From Start to Finish 1973: Fraction 1973: 1974: The Tale of the White Icicles 1975: Beware – The Nerves! 1976: Door 1977: The Adventures Vakula 1979: Sloth 1979: Reshuffle 1980: The Secret Love Potion 1981: Unlucky Star 1982: Country Schitaliya 1983: Wood and Cat 1984: Glance 1985: An Unwritten 1987: Window 1989: Why Is Uncle Jack Limps 1992: Dream Svitla 1999: Yak metelik vivchav Zhittya 1999: Yak at nashogo Omelechka nevelichka simeєchka 2002: Kompromiks 2005: 2008: Vryatyy i zberezhi 2017: Chronicles of a City (based on Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin's The History of a Town)
Animator 1998: Father
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Who was Yevhen Syvokin?
Soviet and Ukrainian animator (artist and director) (*1937)
When was Yevhen Syvokin born?
Yevhen Syvokin was born on 7 May 1937 in Kyiv.
When did Yevhen Syvokin die?
Yevhen Syvokin died on 5 May 2026 in Kyiv.
What was Yevhen Syvokin's occupation?
Yevhen Syvokin was a film director, animator, visual artist, director, opinion journalist and screenwriter.
What nationality was Yevhen Syvokin?
Yevhen Syvokin was Russian and Ukrainian.
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