Ivan Leonidovich Maksimov was born in Moscow on November 19, 1958 in a family of physicists. Ivan loved to paint from early childhood. Ivan Maksimov had the opportunity to work as a photographer at the Institute of Biophysics of AMN, he also worked as an illustrator in several magazines. In 1982, Ivan graduated from MIPT, where he studied at the faculty of "nuclear physics", after graduation he worked at the Institute of Space Research, in the department of radio astronomy. Ivan had a craving for
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Ivan Leonidovich Maksimov was born in Moscow on November 19, 1958 in a family of physicists. Ivan loved to paint from early childhood. Ivan Maksimov had the opportunity to work as a photographer at the Institute of Biophysics of AMN, he also worked as an illustrator in several magazines. In 1982, Ivan graduated from MIPT, where he studied at the faculty of "nuclear physics", after graduation he worked at the Institute of Space Research, in the department of radio astronomy.
Ivan had a craving for creativity since childhood, and he went to study in a completely different direction - at the Higher Courses of Scriptwriters and Directors. In 1988, he graduated from the courses, and a year later made his first debut film. In 1995, Ivan organized his “Virtual Studio Ivan Maksimov”. Since 1998 he has been published in the publishing house “Time of News” as a cartoonist. Since 2002, Maksimov has been teaching at VGIK at the art faculty, and also finds time to work at the School-Studio “Ball”, where Maksimov also teaches.
In 2003, he participated in the development of the famous computer game "Full pipe". Maximov is also known as the creator of the logo for the Dendy computer console. A cute elephant is his plan. Ivan is the author of the logo and the prize "White Elephant" (guild of film critics). According to his ideas, many video clips, commercials, TV screensavers were shot. Ivan took part in the filming of the film from the series “World of Animation or Animation of the World” in 2001. Ivan Maksimov is the winner of numerous film festivals.
His most popular films as a director are
FRU-89, left to right (1989), "5/4" (1990),
Provincial School" (1992), Bolero. Film of increased spirituality" (1992), "N + 2" (1993), "Libido" (1994), "Wind along the coast" (2003), "Flood" (2004),
Tunneling (2005), “Rain from top to bottom” (2007), “Additional features of Piglet” (2008),
The tides back and forth (2010), "Out of the Game" (2011), etc.
Currently, Ivan Maksimov lives in Moscow, works as an animation director, writes scripts for clips, cartoons, commercials. He is also a cameraman and artist. His daughter Ekaterina Beam followed in the footsteps of her father, she is a successful animator director.