1. Eduard Vasilievich Nazarov was a Soviet and Russian animator, screenwriter, voice actor, book illustrator and educator, artistic director at the Pilot Studio, vice-president of ASIFA and a co-president of the KROK International Animated Films Festival.
Eduard Nazarov was awarded People's Artist of Russia in 2012.
Eduard Nazarov was born in a bomb shelter during the Battle of Moscow.
Eduard Nazarov's parents were Russian engineers who met in late 1930s while studying at Moscow institutes.
Eduard Nazarov started painting as a child and while in the 9th grade entered an art school where he met Yuri Norstein, who became a lifelong friend.
Eduard Nazarov worked as a renderer, art director's assistant under Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and art director under Fyodor Khitruk, most famously creating Winnie-the-Pooh for the Soviet adaptation of the book.
Between 1979 and 2000 Eduard Nazarov was teaching at the High Courses for Screenwriters and Film Directors.
In 2004 Eduard Nazarov joined the Pilot Studio in their Mountain of Gems project, a grand government-backed TV series that united the efforts of many animators.
Eduard Nazarov suffered from diabetes for many years and had to undergo surgery at the end of his life to amputate his leg.
Eduard Nazarov died on 11 September 2016 and was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.