Serguei Kouchnerov

Serguei Kouchnerov (born 22 June 1960 in Rahachow, Belarusian SSR) - artist, animator, director, story artist and screenwriter. He started his career as an animator and director in Kiev, 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.

Career

Serguei Kouchnerov worked for Kyivnauchfilm in Kiev, Ukraine (then Soviet Union) on the animated feature film Treasure Island (1988) and on many other animated short films. When in 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.

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)