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Siarhiej Kušniaroŭ is a screenwriter, director and artist

Serguei Kouchnerov (Siarhiej Kušniaroŭ, Belarusian: Сяргей Кушняроў, born 22 June 1960 in Rahachow, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian-Ukrainian artist, animator, director, story artist and screenwriter. He started his career as an animator and director in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1992, he was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation as a character animator and came to the United States of America, where he currently lives and works at Illumination Entertainment.

Career

Serguei worked for Kyivnaukfilm in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) on the animated feature film Treasure Island (1988) and on many other animated short films. After moving to the United States he worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation on Fantasia 2000 before joining DreamWorks Animation for such animated feature films as The Prince of Egypt (1998)^[1], The Road to El Dorado (2000), Shrek 2 (2004), Bee Movie (2007), Madagascar (2005), Over the Hedge (2006), and Madagascar 2 (2008). One of his recent works was a CGI animated short film entitled The Hybrid Union.^[2]

Filmography

As Director: The Hybrid Union (CGI animated short film, 2010); The Log (Animated short film, 1988); A Vicious Circle, (Animated short film, 1988); The muddle-headed/Hopeless Wombat (Animated short film, 1991)

As Supervising animator / Character animator: Madagascar 2 (2008) (Character animator) – DreamWorks Animation; Bee Movie (2007) (Character animator) – DreamWorks Animation; Over the Hedge (2006) (Character animator) – DreamWorks Animation; Madagascar (2005) (Character animator) – DreamWorks Animation; Shrek 2 (2004) (Character animator) – DreamWorks Animation; Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (Supervising animator) – DreamWorks Animation; Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (Character animator) – DreamWorks Animation; The Road to El Dorado (2000) (Supervising animator) – DreamWorks Animation; The Prince of Egypt (1998) (Supervising animator) – DreamWorks Animation; Fantasia 2000 (2000) (Character animator, Character design) – Walt Disney Animation; The Lion King (1994) (Game/Animator) – Walt Disney Animation; Treasure Island (1988) (Lead animator) – Kievnauchfilm Kiev, Ukraine (then Soviet Union) (Russian)
As Storyboard Artist: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) – DreamWorks Animation; Bob's Burgers – (Animated TV Series/FOX)
As Story Artist: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) – (Illumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures); Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) – (Illumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures); The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) – (Illumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures); The Secret Life of Pets (2016) – (Illumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures); Chicken Run (2000) – DreamWorks Animation / Aardman^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Featured Mentor Serguei Kouchnerov". AnimationMentor.com. 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Kaboom Animation Festival". Kaboom Animation Festival. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "Sight & Sound (inc. Monthly Film Bulletin) - August 2000". reader.exacteditions.com. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "Chicken Run - American Film Institute". AFI. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

External links

Official website
Serguei Kouchnerov at IMDb
Serguei Kouchnerov at Hollywood.com at archive.today (archived 26 January 2013)

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