Boris Pavlovich Filchikov (Russian: Бори́с Па́влович Фи́льчиков; 3 August 1918 – 15 January 2006) was a Soviet and Russian

sound operator An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduct ...

. He participated in the creation of about 500 Soviet and Russian cartoons and in the dubbing of foreign cartoons and feature films.

Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSR Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSR () was an honorary title given by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Fed ...

(1987).Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 29 июля 1987 года «О присвоении почётного звания заслуженного работника культуры РСФСР»
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Biography

Filchikov was born on 3 August 1918. At the age of 20, he graduated from the Rostov technical school. At the age of 32, he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Film Engineers with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1938–1940, he worked as a laboratory technician at the Research Institute of Cinematography. He participated in the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a Theater (warfare), theatre of World War II ...

. In 1946–1948, he was the head of the sound department of the Stereokino studio. He became one of the most notable sound operators in

Soyuzmultfilm Soyuzmultfilm ( rus, Союзмультфи́льм, p=səˌjʉsmʊlʲtˈfʲilʲm , ''Unioncartoon'') (also known as SMF Animation Studio in English, formerly known as Soyuzdetmultfilm, ''Unionchildcartoon'') is a Russian animation studio, produ ...

, where he began to work in 1948 and retired in 1997. He died on 15 January 2006Аниматор.ру , Новости , Умер Борис Фильчиков, человек-легенда, самый плодовитый…
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Filmography (partial)

* ''

The Wild Swans "The Wild Swans" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. The tale was first published on 2 October 1838 in Andersen's '' Fairy Tales Told for C ...

'' (1962) * '' Left-Hander'' (1964) * '' Go There, Don't Know Where'' (1966) * '' Junior and Karlsson'' (1968) * ''

Umka Umka ( sr-cyrl, Умка) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica. The settlement is notorious for the soil creep, so much that the apocryphal classified "Home for sale n Umka low mileage" en ...

'' (1969) * ''

Umka is Looking for a Friend Umka ( sr-cyrl, Умка) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Čukarica. The settlement is notorious for the soil creep, so much that the apocryphal classified "Home for sale n Umka low mileage" ent ...

'' (1970) * '' Karlsson has Returned'' (1970) * '' Losharik'' (1971) * ''

The Battle of Kerzhenets ''The Battle of Kerzhenets River, Kerzhenets'' (; Romanization of Russian, tr.: ''Secha pri Kerzhentse'') is a 1971 Soviet Union, Soviet animated film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Yuri Norstein. The film is set to music by Nikolai Rimsky-Kors ...

'' (1971) * ''

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Th ...

'' (1973) * ''

The Heron and the Crane ''The Heron and the Crane'' (, ''Tsaplya i zhuravl'') is a 1974 10-minute Soviet/Russian animated film directed by Yuri Norstein and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm. Summary Based on the folk tale about the unlucky never-ending courtship of the tit ...

'' (1974) * '' The Humpbacked Horse'' (1975 version) * ''

Hedgehog in the Fog ''Hedgehog in the Fog'' ( rus, Ёжик в тумане, r=Yózhik v tumáne, p=ˈjɵʐɨk f tʊˈmanʲɪ) is a 1975 in film, 1975 Soviet Union, Soviet animated film directed by Yuri Norstein and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. ...

'' (1975) * ''

Happy Merry-Go-Round ''Happy Merry-Go-Round'' () is a long-running Soviet and Russian animated anthology series created by Anatoly Petrov and Galina Barinova for Soyuzmultfilm in 1969. It is presented as a collection of 2–4 experimental shorts by various young dir ...

'' (1976) * ''

The Steadfast Tin Soldier "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838 in the first booklet of ''Fair ...

'' (1976) * '' 38 Parrots'' (1976–1991) * '' Three from Prostokvashino'' (1978) *'' The Flying Ship'' (1979) * '' Tale of Tales'' (1979) *'' Vacation in Prostokvashino'' (1980) *'' Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov'' (1981) * ''

The Mystery of the Third Planet ''The Mystery of the Third Planet'' (, ''Tayna tretyey planety'', also translated as ''The Secret of the Third Planet'') is a 1981 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Roman Kachanov and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in M ...

'' (1981) * '' Once Upon a Dog'' (1982) * ''

Cheburashka Goes to School ''Cheburashka Goes to School'' () is a 1983 Soviet animated film directed by Roman Kachanov, the last one of the series about Cheburashka. Plot summary On August 31, Gena the Crocodile returns home by plane, but to his surprise, Cheburashka does ...

'' (1983) * ''

The Tale of Tsar Saltan The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the Beautiful Swan-Princess ( ) is an 1831 fairy tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin. As a folk tale it is classified as Aarne–Thompson type ...

'' (1984) *'' Winter in Prostokvashino'' (1984) * '' Laughter and Grief by the White Sea'' (1988) * '' The Gnomes and the Mountain King'' (1993) *'' Dreamers from the Ugory Village'' (1994)

Awards

* 2nd Class Order of the Patriotic War * Medal "For Courage" *

(1987)

References

External links

Boris Filchikov
at Animator.ru * 1918 births 2006 deaths Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television alumni Recipients of the Medal "For Courage" (Russia) Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class Russian audio engineers Soviet military personnel of World War II {{Russia-film-bio-stub