FILM DIRECTOR

Lev Atamanov

1905 - 1981

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Lev Atamanov (Russian: Лев Атаманов), born Levon Konstantinovich Atamanyan (Russian: Левон Константинович Атаманян, Armenian: Լեւոն Ատամանյան; 21 February [O.S. 8 February] 1905 – 12 February 1981), was a Soviet Armenian animation director. Atamanov was one of the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the founders of Soviet animation art. He is the director of famous classics of Soviet animation, such as the prize-winning fairy tales The Yellow Stork (Zhyoltyy aist) (1950), Scarlet Flower (Alenkiy tsvetochek) (1952), The Golden Antelope (1954), the full-length animation The Snow Queen (1957), and the modern satirical tale The Key (1961). In his works Lev Atamanov subtly conveyed the national coloring of fairy tales and combined romantic elation in images of positive characters with warm and kind humor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lev Atamanov is the 881st most popular film director (up from 908th in 2019), the 1,516th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,597th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lev Atamanov ranks 881 out of 2,041. Before him are Gustav Machatý, Antoine Fuqua, Luis Puenzo, Shinobu Hashimoto, Jean Rollin, and Helma Sanders-Brahms. After him are Todd Haynes, Jacques Rozier, Robert Guédiguian, Bruno Bozzetto, Joseph Vilsmaier, and Charles Crichton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Lev Atamanov ranks 236. Before him are Fulvio Bernardini, Irmgard Keun, Franco Riccardi, Eivar Widlund, Fred Alderman, and Mischa Auer. After him are Floyd Gottfredson, Juan O'Gorman, Vicente Trueba, José Tapia, Hadiya Davletshina, and Mikio Oda. Among people deceased in 1981, Lev Atamanov ranks 154. Before him are Rosa Ponselle, Rudolf Krčil, Francis Hunter, Paco Bienzobas, J. L. Mackie, and Ludwig Goldbrunner. After him are Ross Martin, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Mike Bloomfield, Richard O'Connor, Shovkat Mammadova, and Jack Albertson.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lev Atamanov ranks 1,516 out of 3,761. Before him are Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Nikolai Slichenko (1934), Vitaly Churkin (1952), Aleksandr Mostovoi (1968), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), and Larin Paraske (1832). After him are Robert Rozhdestvensky (1932), Veikko Huhtanen (1919), Nikolai Roslavets (1881), Gavriil Kachalin (1911), Victor Motschulsky (1810), and Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (1854).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Lev Atamanov ranks 35. Before him are Aleksei Balabanov (1959), Alexander Rou (1906), Alexandre Volkoff (1885), Tatyana Lioznova (1924), Gleb Panfilov (1934), and Esfir Shub (1894). After him are Vladimir Gardin (1877), Sergey Obraztsov (1901), Mark Zakharov (1933), Yuri Ozerov (1921), Karen Shakhnazarov (1952), and Aleksandr Khanzhonkov (1877).

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