David Cherkassky

David Cherkassky (Russian: Давид Янович Черкасский; 1931 – 30 October, 2018[1]) was Soviet and Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. He made several animation pictures for the Kievnauchfilm.

Biography

David Cherkassky has graduated Kiev Construction Engineering Institute.[2] He noted that Soviet parents anticipated that the Soviet Union will participate in war and so registered their children later to delay them to be drafted to army.[2] Cherkassky in interview acknowledged that he was born in 1931.[3] During the World War II he and his mother were evacuated to a village[3] near the Russian city of Chkalov (today Orenburg).[2]

David Cherkassky was a member of the Ukrainian [Ukrainian SSR] gymnast team.[2] Since his 50 and until he was 80, Cherkassky enjoyed alpine skiing.[2]

After the death of Stalin, Cherkassky found out that his family origin is a small city of Shpola in Central Ukraine and he has some extensive family in the United States.[3] His father was a director of typography after the revolution and later he served as an assistant to People's Commissar of Justice.[3]

Filmography

Director
  • 1964 Mystery of the Black King (Russian: Тайна чёрного короля) along with Sergei Lyalin
  • 1967 Columbus is landing on the coast (Russian: Колумб причаливает к берегу)
  • 1969 Mystery-Bouffe (Russian: Мистерия-буфф)
  • 1970 Short stories (Russian: Короткие истории)
  • 1971 Wizard Okh (Russian: Волшебник Ох)
  • 1972 Around the World against the Will (Russian: Вокруг света поневоле)
  • 1974 Pharaohs, good-bye! (Russian: Прощайте, фараоны!) along with Vyacheslav Vinnik
  • 1975 What the hell do you want? (Russian: Какого рожна хочется?)
  • 1979 Adventures of Captain Wrongel (Russian: Приключения капитана Врунгеля)
  • 1983 Wings (Russian: Крылья)
  • 1984 Doctor Aybolit (Russian: Доктор Айболит)
  • 1988 Treasure Island (Russian: Остров сокровищ)
  • 1992 Crazy macaroni or the error of professor Bugensberg (Russian: Безумные макароны или Ошибка профессора Бугенсберга), the motion picture was not finished
  • 1995 Return to Treasure Island (Russian: Возвращение на остров сокровищ)
gollark: Computer science shows us that that doesn't actually matter.
gollark: You could just receive that information via candles, faster.
gollark: That seems worse, then. Lower bitrate than candles.
gollark: Interesting. How fast can they write on that?
gollark: Cool, what?

References
  1. "Умер режиссер мультфильма "Остров сокровищ" Давид Черкасский". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  2. Roman Huba. Experienced Wrongel. David Cherkassky about his works, friends and hobbies (Опытный Врунгель. Давид Черкасский о своих работах, друзьях и увлечениях). Focus (Ukraine). 28 June 2017
  3. Hordiychuk, I, Intellectual Rabelaisian (Интеллектуальный раблезианец). The Day. 23 August 2017


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