Yuri Makoveychuk

Yuri Makoveychuk (Юрій Маковейчук, born 1961) is an artist-painter and filmmaker working in the rare field of mannequin animation.

Biography
Makoveychuk was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1961. He moved to Philadelphia in 1990, and later to New York City. He studied art at the Shevchenko State Art School in Kyiv (his classmates there also included Roman Turovsky and Alina Panova). He continued his art studies at the Kyiv State Art Academy (BFA), and the Art Institute of Philadelphia (MFA).

Painter

 * "Designing Intelligence" Exhibition (Florida Atlantic University ).

Film-maker
Makoveychuk produced two animated feature films, "Radioman" (1999) and "The Institute" (2003). Eventually "Radioman" won the Parma festival of animation prize.

Scenographer
Makoveychuk participated (in the capacity of a production designer) in many independent film and television productions in Europe, notably in 2008 Norwegian film "Iskyss" ("Icekiss"), as well as the "Three Musqueteers" (2004 TV musical) and "Twelve Chairs" (2005 TV musical), as well as the sets for the Maria Burmaka and Verka Serdyuchka performances. He also has been active as a scenic artist ("Great Expectations", "Godzilla", "As Good As It Gets", "DeviI's Advocate" et al.

Filmography

 * Radioman (1999)
 * The Institute (2003)