Aleksandr Ionovich Boyarsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ио́нович Боя́рский) is the CEO of the Melnitsa Animation Studio, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, and composer.
Biography
Aleksandr Boyarsky was born in Šiauliai.[1] He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Film Engineers in 1987.[1] In 1992, he founded a small recording studio "Midi-Cinema" together with composer Valentin Vasenkov.
He is the author of the idea for the animated series "Luntik".
On February 28, 2015, he was presented to the Government awards in the field of culture for 2014. He was awarded the prize together with the directors Darina Schmidt and Elena Galdobina, and screenwriter Anna Sarantseva for he creation of an animated series for children "Luntik".[3]
On April 8, 2016, he participated in the second ceremony of the Ikar National Animation Award that took place at the ZIL Cultural Center. The prize in the nomination "Film in cinematography" was awarded to the film Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 3[4] (director Darina Schmidt, producers Aleksandr Boyarsky, Sergey Selyanov).
2015 – Prize of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art for works for children and youth of 2015 – for contributing to the development of Russian animation cinema.[5]
2017 – Ikar National Animation Award in the nominations "Producer" and "For stable success in the Russian film distribution".[6]