In 1981 Ivan Maximov began work as an illustrator for a number of Russian newspapers and magazines, before he decided to take courses in film direction and screenplay (1986 - 1988) which led to his first major animated work "FRU - 89 From Left to Right". His unique style of animation led to high acclaim and many prizes for the shorts that followed, "5/4", Libido of Benjamino", "Wind Along the Coast" etc.

Although Maximov is best known for his animation shorts he has also been involved in many animated advertisement campaigns, music clips, and has even helped to develop a video game based on his animation called "Full Pipe". Since 2002 he has been teaching future animators at the School - Studio Shar and VGIK.

"Slow Bistro" 2003

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