This is stated in a message on the website of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
“At the age of 76, on November 9, 2021, the artist-animator Dmitry Ivanovich Kulikov died,” the union said.
Kulikov has been working at the Soyuzmultfilm studio since 1974.
In addition, he collaborated with the studios "Christmas Films", "Argus", "Classic", "Shar".
In addition, he worked for animation studios in Poland, Lithuania and France.
Kulikov also won the 1973 international exhibition Satire in the Struggle for Peace as a cartoonist.
Boris Krasnov, the show's production designer, died in September.