Yevhen Syvokin
Yevhen Yakovych Syvokin (7 May 1937 – 5 May 2026) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director of animated films. He won numerous Soviet, Ukrainian and international festivals. He was the author If You Love Animation (1985).
Also recorded as Yevhen Yakovych Syvokin · Yevgeniy Sivokon · Evgenii Sivokon · Evgenii Iakovlevich Sivokon
Yevhen Syvokin
- Name
- Yevhen Syvokin
- Occupation
- Director
- Born
- 7 May 1937
- Birthplace
- Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
- Died
- 5 May 2026
- Place of death
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Ukraine.
- Fields
- animated film and publishing.
- Education
- National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture.
- Honours
- Honored Art Worker of Ukraine.
- Languages
- Russian and Ukrainian.
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Yevhen Yakovych Syvokin (7 May 1937 – 5 May 2026) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director of animated films. He won numerous Soviet, Ukrainian and international festivals. He was the author If You Love Animation (1985).
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Yevhen Syvokin (1937–2026) was an animator, artist and director, among other activities, of Soviet and Ukrainian nationality. The animator was born and died in Kyiv.
Yevhen Syvokin was educated at National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture. The animator worked for Kievnauchfilm and was a member of National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. Activity centred on animated film and publishing.
Languages used include Russian and Ukrainian. Honours include Honored Art Worker of Ukraine.
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Syvokin died on 5 May 2026, at the age of 88.
Yevhen Syvokin studied at National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture. The recorded working language is Russian and Ukrainian. The field of work recorded is animated film and publishing. Employment is recorded with Kievnauchfilm. Distinctions recorded are Honored Art Worker of Ukraine.
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• Name — Yevhen Syvokin • Native Name — Євген Сивокінь • Occupation — Director • Born — 7 May 1937 • Birthplace — Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union • Died — 5 May 2026 • Place of death — Kyiv, Ukraine
Director
Director
• 1966: Fragments • 1968: The Man Who Could Fly • 1970: The Tale of Good Rhino • 1971: Good Name • 1971: From Start to Finish • 1973: Fraction • 1973: The Man and the Word • 1974: The Tale of the White Icicles • 1975: Beware – The Nerves! • 1976: Door • 1977: The Adventures Vakula • 1979: Sloth • 1979: Reshuffle • 1980: The Secret Love Potion • 1981: Unlucky Star • 1982: Country Schitaliya • 1983: Wood and Cat • 1984: Glance • 1985: An Unwritten • 1987: Window • 1989: Why Is Uncle Jack Limps • 1992: Dream Svitla • 1999: Yak metelik vivchav Zhittya • 1999: Yak at nashogo Omelechka nevelichka simeєchka • 2002: Kompromiks • 2005: Snowy Roads... • 2008: Vryatyy i zberezhi • 2017: Chronicles of a City (based on Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin's The History of a Town)
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Animator
• 1998: Father
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1937
Yevhen Syvokin born at Kyiv.
2026
Yevhen Syvokin died at Kyiv.
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- 1.dovzhenkocentre.org. Евгений Сивоконь. Из невошедшего.
- 2.На Одесском фестивале вручили «Золотого Дюка» за вклад в киноискусство. ukrinform.ru.
- 3.Новая украинская анимация 20 марта 2007
- 4.Новая украинская анимация. stengazeta.net.
- 5.Если вы любите мультипликацию. Большая российская энциклопедия. 1985.
- 6.Yevhen Sivokin has died at 88 and Ukraine mourns its animation pioneer. Mezha. 5 May 2026.
- 7.Горлач, Поліна. Помер Євген Сивокінь — художник-мультиплікатор серії стрічок «Як козаки…». Суспільне Новини. 5 May 2026.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Yevhen Yakovych Syvokin, Yevgeniy Sivokon, Evgenii Sivokon, Evgenii Iakovlevich Sivokon and Yevgeniy Yakovlevich Sivokon. His recorded languages were Russian and Ukrainian. Syvokin worked in animated film and publishing. He was employed by Kievnauchfilm. He belonged to National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as animator, artist, director, opinion journalist and screenwriter.
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