10 Facts About Vladimir Suteev

Vladimir Grigorevich Suteev was a Russian author, artist and animator who primarily wrote stories for children.

Vladimir Suteev was among the founders of the Soviet animation industry.

Vladimir Suteev was born in Moscow into the family of Zinaida Vasilievna Suteeva and Grigory Osipovich Suteev, a prominent Russian physician, dermatologist, mycologist, one of the leading actinomycosis researches who served as the head of the venereology section at the Moscow Department of Healthcare during the Soviet days.

Vladimir Suteev's mother posed for Erzia, and his father left many biographical notes about his friend that were published as a Sculpture Erza book after Suteev's death.

Vladimir Suteev made his director's debut with the first Soviet animated talkie Athwart Street and some other experimental works before joining the Soyuzmultfilm collective in 1936 where he took part in more than 30 films as a director, screenwriter and animator.

In 1941, before leaving for the frontline, Vladimir Suteev completed his work on the cartoon Clatterfly, based on Korney Chukovsky's fairy tale.

Vladimir Suteev took part in the Great Patriotic War from the first days till the very end.

Vladimir Suteev then returned to Soyuzmultfilm, but left it in just two years because of his unrequited love towards Tatiana Taranovich, an animator who joined Soyuzmultfilm in 1946.

Vladimir Suteev was 13 years younger than Suteev, happily married with a daughter.

Vladimir Suteev's Pif-puppy has become a favorite of children throughout the world.