Igor Kovalyov

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Igor Kovalyov

DIRECTING

1954-01-17 (72)

Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Biography

Igor Adolfovich Kovalyov is a Soviet, Russian-Ukrainian and American animator, director and educator, co-founder of “Pilot” — the first private animation studio in the Soviet Union. From 1991 to 2005 he worked at Klasky Csupo where he co-created “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters” and co-directed “The Rugrats Movie”. He currently serves as a creative producer at “Soyuzmultfilm”. Kovalyov is also known for his auteur films for which received multiple international awards, including three Grand Prizes at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

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Biography

Igor Adolfovich Kovalyov is a Soviet, Russian-Ukrainian and American animator, director and educator, co-founder of “Pilot” — the first private animation studio in the Soviet Union. From 1991 to 2005 he worked at Klasky Csupo where he co-created “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters” and co-directed “The Rugrats Movie”. He currently serves as a creative producer at “Soyuzmultfilm”. Kovalyov is also known for his auteur films for which received multiple international awards, including three Grand Prizes at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Best known for:

Filmography:

The Most Important Sparrow poster

The Most Important Sparrow(1977)

Animation

Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort poster

Parasolka At The Fashionable Resort(1977)

Animation

First Winter poster

First Winter(1978)

Animation

Castling (An Aquarium Confession) poster

Castling (An Aquarium Confession)(1979)

Animation

The Golden-Horned Deer poster

The Golden-Horned Deer(1979)

Animation

How the Table Was Carried poster

How the Table Was Carried(1979)

Animation

The Peace Pipe poster

The Peace Pipe(1979)

Animation

The Fern Flower poster

The Fern Flower(1979)

Animation

Adventures of Captain Vrungel poster

Adventures of Captain Vrungel(1980)

Animation

Adventures of Captain Vrungel poster

Adventures of Captain Vrungel(1980)

Animation

Let It Rain, Let It Rain! poster

Let It Rain, Let It Rain!(1982)

Animation

The Land Of Counting poster

The Land Of Counting(1982)

Animation

Three Ivans poster

Three Ivans(1982)

Animation

Another Side of the Moon poster

Another Side of the Moon(1983)

Writer

The Tree and the Cat poster

The Tree and the Cat(1983)

Animation

About the Mouse Who Wanted to Become Strong poster

About the Mouse Who Wanted to Become Strong(1983)

Animation

A Favour poster

A Favour(1983)

Animation

Doctor Aybolit poster

Doctor Aybolit(1984)

Animation

How the Cossacks Celebrated a Wedding poster

How the Cossacks Celebrated a Wedding(1984)

Animation

Giordano Bruno poster

Giordano Bruno(1984)

Animation

Rubik's Cube poster

Rubik's Cube(1985)

Production Design, Animation, Director

Doctor Aybolit poster

Doctor Aybolit(1986)

Animation

Investigation Held by Kolobki poster

Investigation Held by Kolobki(1986)

Production Design, Director

Wings, Legs and Tails poster

Wings, Legs and Tails(1986)

Director, Writer, Production Design, Animation

Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1 poster

Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 1(1986)

Director

Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2 poster

Investigation Held by Kolobki. Part 2(1987)

Director, Production Design

Lift poster

Lift(1989)

Director

Hen, His Wife poster

Hen, His Wife(1990)

Director, Writer, Animation

Solo for the Moon and the Wolf poster

Solo for the Moon and the Wolf(1990)

Writer

Rugrats poster

Rugrats(1991)

Director, Character Designer

Andrey Svislotskiy poster

Andrey Svislotskiy(1991)

Director, Writer

Here Comes the Cat! poster

Here Comes the Cat!(1992)

Director

Duckman poster

Duckman(1994)

Director, Character Designer

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters poster

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters(1994)

Director, Character Designer

Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home poster

Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home(1994)

Character Designer

Santo Bugito poster

Santo Bugito(1995)

Character Designer

Pilot Brothers are Shooting a Video for MTV poster

Pilot Brothers are Shooting a Video for MTV(1995)

Writer

Bird in a Window poster

Bird in a Window(1996)

Director, Writer, Producer

Pilot Brothers Suddenly Decided to Hunt poster

Pilot Brothers Suddenly Decided to Hunt(1996)

Writer

Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast poster

Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast(1996)

Writer

Pilot Brothers Sometimes Fish poster

Pilot Brothers Sometimes Fish(1996)

Writer

Pilot Brothers Drink Tea in the Evenings poster

Pilot Brothers Drink Tea in the Evenings(1996)

Writer

Pilot Brothers Show Each Other New Year's Magic Tricks poster

Pilot Brothers Show Each Other New Year's Magic Tricks(1996)

Writer

Histeria! poster

Histeria!(1998)

Character Designer

The Rugrats Movie poster

The Rugrats Movie(1998)

Director, Character Designer

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie poster

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie(2000)

Storyboard Artist

A Rugrats Kwanzaa poster

A Rugrats Kwanzaa(2001)

Character Designer

The Wild Thornberrys Movie poster

The Wild Thornberrys Movie(2002)

Additional Storyboarding

You Animal poster

You Animal(2004)

Director

Alisa Knows What to Do! poster

Alisa Knows What to Do!(2013)

Director

Before Love poster

Before Love(2016)

Writer, Director

Mr. Theo, Cat & Dog poster

Mr. Theo, Cat & Dog(2018)

Producer

My Friend Tiger poster

My Friend Tiger(2021)

Producer