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Serguei Kouchnerov (Siarhiej Kušniaroŭ, Belarusian: Сяргей Кушняроў, born 22 June 1960 in Rahachow, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian-Ukrainian artist, animator, director, story artist and screenwriter. He started his career as an animator and director in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 1992, he was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation as a character animator and came to the United States of America, where he currently lives and works at Illumination Entertainment.

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Career

Serguei worked for Kyivnaukfilm in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) on the animated feature film Treasure Island (1988) and on many other animated short films. After moving to the United States he worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation on Fantasia 2000 before joining DreamWorks Animation for such animated feature films as The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Shrek 2 (2004), Bee Movie (2007), Madagascar (2005), Over the Hedge (2006), and Madagascar 2 (2008). One of his current works as an author was a CGI animated short film The Hybrid Union.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

As Director

The Hybrid Union (CGI animated short film, 2010)

The Log (Animated short film, 1988)

A Vicious Circle, (Animated short film, 1988)

The muddle-headed/Hopeless Wombat (Animated short film, 1991)

As Supervising animator / Character animator

Madagascar 2 (2008) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation

Bee Movie (2007) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation

Over the Hedge (2006) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation

Madagascar (2005) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation

Shrek 2 (2004) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (Supervising animator) - DreamWorks Animation

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (Character animator) - DreamWorks Animation

The Road to El Dorado (2000) (Supervising animator) - DreamWorks Animation

The Prince of Egypt (1998) (Supervising animator) - DreamWorks Animation

Fantasia 2000 (2000) (Character animator, Character design) - Walt Disney Animation

The Lion King (1994) (Game/Animator) - Walt Disney Animation

Treasure Island (1988) (Lead animator) - Kievnauchfilm Kiev, Ukraine (then Soviet Union) (Russian)

As Storyboard Artist

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) - DreamWorks Animation

Bob's Burgers - (Animated TV Series/FOX)

As Story Artist

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - (Illumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures)

Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) - (Illumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures)

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) - (Illumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures)

Chicken Run (2000) - DreamWorks Animation / Aardman

References

External links

• Official website
• Serguei Kouchnerov at IMDb
• Serguei Kouchnerov at Hollywood.com at archive.today (archived 2013-01-26)

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