the title of professor in 1952). Among his student were Lev Milchin, Yevgeniy Migunov, Aleksandr Petrov, Francheska Yarbusova, Stanislav Sokolov and a Bulgarian animator Todor Dinov. Ivanov was a member of the Communist Party from 1951, and was also a founder and the original Vice President of ASIFA (International Animated Film Association) from 1961 to 1973. Ivanov-Vano directed a record number of Soviet feature animated films, often working as a screenwriter as well. The majority of his works were based on Russian folklore and fairy tales by classical Russian writers. In 1947, shortly after the end of war, Ivanov presented the first Soviet feature-length animated film The Humpbacked Horse based on the fairy tale in verse by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov. The film gained a lot of praise internationally, and Walt Disney even used it as a teaching tool for his studios. Since 1962 his artistic style varied a lot. He approached lubok, icon painting, frescoes, Dymkovo toys, lace and Russian avant-garde. Some of his longtime collaborators such as Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya and Yuri Norstein who started as his second unit directors and co-directors went on to become popular directors on their own. Ivanov-Vano was a laureate of numerous festivals. His short film The Battle of Kerzhenets won Grand Prix award at Animafest Zagreb in 1972. Ivanov died on March 25, 1987 and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery. For 54 years, he was married to Tatiana Ivanova-Bekker (1902—1982). They had a daughter Galina. Films China in Flames (1925) – one of the first Soviet animated films. He participated as an artist. Ice Rink (1927) Sen'ka the African (1927) The Adventures of Munchhausen (1928) Black and White (1932) – with L.A. Amalriko The Tale of the Czar Durondai (1934) – with V.C. and Z.C. Brumberg The Dragonfly and the Ant (1935) – with V.C. and Z.C. Brumberg Kotofey Kotofeyich (1937) Journal of Political Satire 1 (1938) Little Liar (Girl) (1938) The Three Musketeers (1938) Moidodyr (1939 and 1954) Ivas' (1940) Journal of Political Satire 2 (1944) – with V.C. and Z.C. Brumberg, O.P. Hodataev and A.V. Ivanov Stolen Sun (1944) Winter Tale (1945) The Humpbacked Horse (1947) – remade in 1976 Geese-Swans (1949) – with A.G. Snezhko-Blotska Another's Voice (1949) The Story of the Dead Princess and a Brave Family (1951) – based on Pushkin's fairy tale The Snow Maiden (1952) Forest Concert (1953) The Brave Hare (1955) The Twelve Months (1956)