Sergei Kozlovsky

Biography

Kozlovsky, chief art director of the All-Union Children's Studio, has long been a guiding force in raising technical standards. Designers became established as leading creative members of film units in about 1935, and soon after that important technical improvements were made in most of the studios. Kozlovsky's studio introduced the idea of prefabricated basic sets and component parts, which soon came into general use. In 1938, as a result of a thoroughgoing exchange of experiences and ideas between studios, certain fundamental structures and some of the equipment were standardized. This has increased the designers' scope enormously, enabling them to carry out a variety of projects which in the past would have been impracticable. Among the films designed by Kozlovsky, who is a People's Artist, are "Mother", "The End of St. Petersburg', "The Deserter", "Lermontov", and his latest is "The 15-year-old Captain", after Jules Verne. (Catherine de la Roche : "Scenic Design in the Soviet Cinema", The Penguin Film Review # 3, London, August 1947, page 78)