Lev Atamanov

Lev Konstantinovich Atamanov (Russian: Лев Константи́нович Атама́нов), born Levon Konstantinovich Atamanyan (Russian: Лево́н Константи́нович Атаманя́н, Armenian: Լևոն Ատամանյան; 21 February [O.S. 8 February] 1905 – 12 February 1981), was a Soviet Armenian animation director.

Atamanov was one of the foremost Soviet animation film directors and one of the founders of Soviet animation art. He is the director of famous classics of Soviet animation, such as the prize-winning fairy tales Scarlet Flower (1952), The Golden Antelope (1954), the full-length animation The Snow Queen (1957), and the modern satirical tale The Key (1961). In his works Lev Atamanov subtly conveyed the national coloring of fairy tales and combined romantic elation in images of positive characters with warm and kind humor.