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Todor Dinov

Born
Jul 24, 1919 · Aged 84
Died
Jun 17, 2004
Place of birth
Alexandroúpoli, Greece
Gender
Male
Movie credits
0
TV credits
0
Directing credits
21
Also known as (2)
  • Тодор Динов
  • Т. Динов

Biography

Todor Dinov (24 July 1919 – 17 June 2004) was a Bulgarian animator informally known as the Father of Bulgarian animation. During his lifetime, he wrote and directed more than 40 short animated films and several live-action feature films, and was also a popular illustrator, children's book illustrator, painter, graphic artist, comics artist and caricaturist. Dinov was born to a Bulgarian family in Dedeagach in Western Thrace (today Alexandroupoli, Greece) and finished school in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow under the tutelage of…