“On December 17, 2019, at the age of 82, an outstanding Master, Sergey Aleksandrovich Alimov, national artist, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts“ Nika ”, laureate of the Russian State Prize, professor, left us,” the union said.
Alimov created such cartoons as “The Story of a Crime”, “Toptyzhka”, “Bonifaciya Holidays”, “Othello-67”. These cartoons have won many awards.
The report notes that Sergey Alimov in recent years led the studio of artists of the animated film at VGIK, and also worked as the main artist of the Theater. S.V. Obraztsova.
A civil requiem takes place on December 19 at the theater.