Ivan Leonidovich Maximov (Russian: ΠΠ²Π°Π½ ΠΠ΅ΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠ΄ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΠΌΠΎΠ²; born 19 November 1958; Moscow) is a Russian artist, animator and film director. Ivan Maximov was born on 19 November 1958 in Moscow. He studied photography at the Biophysical Institute in Moscow till 1976. From 1976 - 1982 Maximov studied at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Moscow. He worked as an illustrator for various magazines and from 1982 to 1986 he