Yuri Alexandrovich Merkulov (Russian: Юрий Александрович Меркулов; 28 April [O.S. 15 April] 1901 — 13 February 1979) was a Soviet artist, animation and film director, conservator-restorer, inventor, film theorist and actor. He is known as one of the founders of the Soviet school of traditional and stop motion animation.
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28 April 1901 Rasskazovo village, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
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Died |
13 February 1979 (aged 77) Moscow, USSR
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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