Biography

Lev Atamanov is Soviet Russian animated film director. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1978). Atamanov was born in Moscow, in Armenian family. In 1926 he graduated from the First State Film School (workshop of Lev Kuleshov) with a film director diploma. From 1928 he worked as an assistant director at the Gosvoenkino film factory. Since 1931, became the director of animated films. Member of the Great Patriotic War. One of the founders of the Soviet animated cinematography. He created films based on Russian, Armenian, Chinese, Indian, Danish tales. He worked in Armenia, directed there films: The Dog and the Cat (1955), The Magic Carpet (1948). Since 1949, the director of the film studio 'Soyuzmultfilm'. His films Zhyoltyy aist (1950), The Scarlet Flower (1952), The Golden Antelope (1954), The Snow Queen (1957) and others were awarded with prizes and diplomas from the ICF. Lev Atamanov was chairman of the Bureau of the creative section and a member of the artistic council of Soyuzmultfilm, deputy chairman of the animation section of the USSR IC. In the early 1960s - chairman of the directors board of the Soyuzmultfilm puppet association.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa

1957 - IX IFF for children and youth in Venice (Italy), First Prize for the animated film The Snow Queen (1957).

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1964).

1955 - VII IFF in Cannes (France), Honorary diploma for the animated film The Golden Antelope (1954).

Famous anime director Hayao Miyazaki, in an interview, admitted that Atamanov's film The Snow Queen (1957) had a decisive influence when he chose what he would do in his life.

In 2018 film company "Master Film" released the documentary "I love my fairy tales" about Lev Atamanov's creative journey.