Igor [Ihar] Volchek [Volchak]
, b. 1946
Igor Volchek (Ігар Волчак / Игорь Волчек) is a Belarusian director, animator and composer. He is also a professional pianist. In 1979-81 he studied the art of animation at the workshop of Yuri Norshteyn [Norstein, Юрий Норштейн] at the Higher Directing Courses at the Goskino USSR (the USSR State Committee for Cinematography). Since completing the courses, he has been working at the “Belarusfilm” studio.
Igor Volchek has directed over 25 movies, and is especially famous for Capriccio (1986), Scerzo (1994) and Pastoral (1998). He teaches at Belarusian State Academy of Arts. He is a winner of many Belarusian and international competitions.
Bio prepared by Hanna Paulouskaya, University of Warsaw, hannapa@al.uw.edu.pl
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