Buratino [SEP] creator
Buratino
Buratino (Russian: Буратино) is the main character of the book "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino" (1936) by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, which is based on the 1883 Italian novel "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. Buratino originated as a character in the commedia dell'arte. The name Buratino is derived from the Italian "burattino", which means wooden puppet or doll. The book was published in 1936, and Buratino quickly became hugely popular among children in the Soviet Union
Leonid Nechayev
Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev (; 3 May 1939 – 24 January 2010) was a Russian children's film director.
Career.
Nechayev's career as director was launched in 1974 with a film called "The Adventure in a Town That Doesn't Exist". He was also the creator of the popular musical fairy tales "About The Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Adventures of Buratino". He was a prolific director at the studio Belarusfilm, where he worked for 17 years and shot 10 films.