Pjotr Sapegin | |
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Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | animator |
Pjotr Klimentevich Sapegin (born December 4, 1955) is a Russian-born animator based in Norway.[1]
Born and raised in Moscow, he emigrated to Norway in 1990.[2] He was a cofounder of the Studio Magica animation studio, later founding the Pravda animation studio after Magica's closure.[3]
He first became widely known for his 1995 short Mons the Cat (Katten Mons),[4] later receiving attention for his earlier Edvard series of films loosely based on composer Edvard Grieg.[2] Two of his most noted later films, 2001's Aria and 2004's Through My Thick Glasses (Gjennom mine tykke briller) were coproduced by the National Film Board of Canada.[2]
He is a two-time Amanda Award winner for Best Short Film at the Norwegian International Film Festival, winning in 1998 for One Day a Man Bought a House (Huset på Kampen) and in 2002 for Aria,[5] and a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short, receiving nods at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002 for Aria[6] and at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005 for Through My Thick Glasses.[7]