Anton Kalchenko

Anton Kalchenko is a Russian animation director and educator. He graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television in 2009 in animation and computer graphics directing (workshop of V. Efimov) and worked as a 3D artist on Melnitsa's series Luntik and Barboskiny and as a visual effects specialist on Smeshariki: PIN-code and the feature Smeshariki: The Beginning. He is an associate professor and acting head of the Department of Animated Film at the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, where he teaches animation directing, dramaturgy, pitching and visual design.