Aleksandr Kuznetsov (March 31, 1930 - March 1, 1998) was a Russian production designer and art director in film, most noted for his work on the 1966 film ''

Aybolit-66 ''Aybolit-66'' () is a 1967 Soviet family comedy film directed by Rolan Bykov. It is based on a Aybolit, story by Kornei Chukovsky. The film features Oleg Yefremov as the good ''Aibolit'' and Rolan Bykov as the evil ''Barmalei''. Plot In Africa, a ...

''. After Canadian filmmaker

Gerald Potterton Gerald Potterton (8 March 1931 – 23 August 2022) was a Canadian director, animator, producer and writer. He is best known for directing the cult classic '' Heavy Metal'' and for his animation work on '' Yellow Submarine''. Potterton won one ...

recontextualized the original film into the live action-animation hybrid film ''

Tiki Tiki ''Tiki Tiki'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Gerald Potterton and released in 1971."Tiki-Tiki a complicated delight". ''Montreal Gazette'', December 30, 1972. Created by intercutting animated sequences with live-action footage from the Ru ...

'',"Tiki-Tiki a complicated delight". ''

Montreal Gazette ''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the only English-language daily newspape ...

'', December 30, 1972. Kuznetsov was named the winner of the

Canadian Film Award The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 1970s ...

for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the

23rd Canadian Film Awards The 23rd Canadian Film Awards were held on October 1, 1971 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The ceremony, which had been returned to banquet format, was hosted by actor Leslie Nielsen and broadcaster Charlotte Gobeil. For this year's compe ...

in 1971.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

Stoddart Publishing Stoddart Publishing was a Canadian book publisher and distributor, owned by Jack Stoddart, which ceased operations in 2002. History In 1967, General Publishing purchased the Musson imprint, based in Canada, from British publisher Hodder & Stough ...

, 2000. . pp. 93-95.

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* 1930 births 1998 deaths Russian designers Best Art Direction/Production Design Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Russian art directors {{Russia-film-bio-stub