The Story of the Kolobok

After studying drawing with US artist Tom Blodgett, Jim worked briefly as a set-building assistant in theaters and learned to design and build marionettes. Besides making animation films, he works as a writer, editor and concept person for web and print publications. He has made several films for educational television.
His independent film Kolobok is based partly on his travels in the USSR and among other things, integrates graphic and coloring strategies from the first thirty years of comic strips and cinema.