History of Odessa animation studio (in pictures)

The “fathers” – founders of studio: Yuriy Greenevich, Sergey Cheban and Eugene Bugaev.

The working place become too small, and studio to moved to the Odessa film factory.

Odessa film factory become the native home.

Time was passing and the studio was working and working…

Till creation the animation film the studio became big unanimous team.

The famous persons from cinematography become closer.

We were living, working, having holidays with cartoon heroes.

The producers, directors, places were changing, but animation studio still was one big team.

Everything was done to stay faithful to animation.

In 1996 we made friends with the creative team “Maski”.

This event inspired the studio for a long time.

Odessa animation studio having fun and work like real professionals. Even when the 1st of April in city.

It’s easy to work when you love your profession..

We made interesting presents for birthdays.

Composing and sing our songs.

Everyone has sense of humour.

Altogetheк repaired new office for the studio.

Sometimes we joke about director.

Summer 2006 - animation studio moved to reconstructed film factory.

At film factory there were many artists, one of them Vladimir Vysotsky.

Genius director and writer Aleksandr Dovzhenko also worked at film factory.

Vasili Shukshin the famous actor had debuted at film factory.

Gennady Zbandut - legendary director at Odessa film factory.

Animation is a hard work. Cinematograph and animation unite many different people.

Spiritual hetman of Odessa animation studio - Walt Disney.

Eugene Bugaev - head and director of studio, 2006

Yuriy Greenevich - main artist, creator, 2006

Snezhana Buzhanizha - art director of backgrounds, creator, 2006

Alexey Khitrow - visual effects supervisor, 2006

Oleh Hei - 3D-animator, web designer, creator, 2006

Sergey Cheban - designer, creator. Head of &quot;GRID-Agentur fur visuelle kommunikation&quot;, (Nuremberg, Germany), 2006

Eugene Bartsytskiy - author, script writer, journalist, 2006

Aleksey Nikolenko - 3D animator, creator. 2006

Elena Skripnikova - key animator. 2006

Pavel Nosach - key animator, 2006

Elena Medvedeva - key animator, 2006

Valery Krets - animator, 2006

Anna Popsyiko - animator, 2006

Anna Skripnikova - animator, 2006

Natalia Antoniyk - animator, 2006

Igor Chumachenko  -animator, 2006

Andrew Pismichenko - animator, 2006

Georgy Georbelidze - animator, 2006

Elena Telepan - operator of computer painting, 2006

Olesia Dylko - operator of scanning, 2006

Anna Malneva - operator of scanning, 2006

Wings of studio - parrot Shurik, 2006

Julietta Afanasieva - Julia - our soul, 2006

Storyboard of animation clip &quot;Fikriye&quot; (squares which crossed out - means scenes ready).

Light box  - work space of animator. Animation creates here.

Background - the lowest layer, an environment of cartoon where characters move.

Artistic search - combination of the junkman image and flat in turkish style. Animation “Fikriye” for Turkey.

We sheltered a little owl, which fall down from the nest. Studio took care and feed him. He got name Busha.

Summer 2011 Busha grown up and flew away to built his own family.

Work in process - director Yuriy Greenevich explains the artist Snejana Buzjenitsa what had to be drawn.

Art director, creator of backgrounds Snejana Buzhenitsa. 2011

Key animator Valeriya Krets, 2011

Animator Anna Popsyiko, 2011

Film editor Alexey Dylko, 2011

Animator Anastasiya Dylko, 2011

Yuriy Greenevich, director of studio in working process - searching an animation character. It quite difficult.

Yulia Koval’chuk - talented artist, creator of backgrounds.

Working place of animator, Odessa Animation Studio - 2011

Sequences, working scenes waiting for animators.

Except work, studio have parties with friends.

Good party with fire.

Delicious, aromatic and succulent  shish kebab.

Animation, movie and dance. Yuriy Greenevich, Aleksandr Dutov and Alexey Gilko.

Yuriy Greenevich - director, animator and Eugene Bartsitskiy - author, script writer, journalist. Winter 2011

The head of jury at Odessa film festival, Jerzy Stuhr. Waiting for the master class.

Director, producer Valery Todorovsky answers the questions after master class. Odessa film festival. Summer 2011

Odessa animation studio meets guests from “space” - Dmitry Dyuzhev (“The Space”), Summer 2011

Director, animator Yuriy Greenevich “flying” to international animation festival “Krok-2011”.

Studio coming for meeting international animation festival “Krok-2011”.

Press conference of international animation festival “Krok-2011” included prize winners.

Prize winners and guru of international animation festival “Krok-2011’, cinema “U-cinema”, autumn, 2011

David Cherkasky creator of animation “Treasure Island” came to Odessa animation studio.

Oleg Yelagin editor, 2011

Elena Skripnikova - animator.

In order to be on time with project studio does its best. Oleh Hei paints the sequence.

Eva Yatt and Alexey Khitrow decide another animation task.

Black and white character and coloured one.

Programmer Maks Aksentev works.

Assistant and director Aleksandr  Dutov from film section.

Lubov Pultcho - animator. Anna Akhmatova at the studio.

29th of February 2012 Yuriy Greenevich smoked his last cigarette.

Animation icons: Walt Disney and Eugene Bugaev.

At studio there are new computers, monitors - everything is working good.

Aleksey Khitrow - “dinosaur” of animation.

Official photo of animation studio, but many animators are missing. Summer, 2011

Web-designer and animator Oleh Hei creates new site.

Vladislav Borzik animator, Harry Potter at studio.

There is a few minutes of 2D animation, 1 second of animation includes 25 drawings. It sence of classical animation.