Lev Atamanov

Who was Lev Atamanov?

Lev Atamanov, born Levon Konstantinovich Atamanyan was a Soviet animated films director of Armenian descent.

Atamanov was one of the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the founders of Soviet animation art. He is the director of the famous classics of Soviet animation, such as the prize-winning fairy tales The Yellow Stork, Scarlet Flower, The Golden Antelope, the full-length animation The Snow Queen, and the modern satirical tale The Key. In his works Lev Atamanov subtly conveyed the national colouring of fairy tales and combined romantic elation in images of positive characters with warm and kind humor.