Ivan Ivanov-Vano

Ivan Ivanov-Vano PAU
Born	Ivan Petrovich Ivanov (1900-02-08)February 8, 1900 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	March 25, 1987(1987-03-25) (aged 87) Moscow, USSR
Occupation(s)	Animator, screenwriter, educator
Spouse	Tatiana Ivanova-Bekker ​ ​ (m. 1928; died 1982)​
Children	1

Ivan Petrovich Ivanov-Vano (Russian: Иван Петрович Иванов-Вано; 8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1900 – 25 March 1987), born Ivanov, was a Soviet and Russian animation director, animator, screenwriter, educator, professor at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).^[1] One of the pioneers of the Soviet animation school, he is sometimes called the "Patriarch of Soviet animation". People's Artist of the USSR (1985).