Born in Shpola, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine] on August 23, 1931 — died October 30, 2018 (aged 87)
Davyd Yanovych Cherkaskyi was a Soviet and Ukrainian animation director, screenwriter. Honored Artist of Ukraine (1995). Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine (1998). People's Artist of Ukraine (2010).
