Q:Facts: - birth name: stanislav mihaylovich sokolov - birth date: 18 may 1947 - name: stanislav sokolov - birth place: russian sfsr , soviet union - occupation: animation director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stanislav sokolov .
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stanislav mihaylovich sokolov -lrb- ; born may 18 , 1947 -rrb- is a russian stop-motion animation director .he graduated from vgik in 1971 and has since then worked with studios soyuzmultfilm , defa , christmasfilms and s4c .he was awarded a number of prizes for his films , most notably an emmy in 1992 for his contribution to the animated shakespeare series .sokolov is teaching at vgik , where he is professor for animation and computer graphics .