Dmitry Naumovich Babichenko (May 17, 1901 - July 30, 1991) (Place of birth: Zhitomir) - Soviet filmmaker-animator, master of drawing animation, script writer, artist

Born May 7, 1901 in the city of Zhitomir. He received his higher education at the Academy of Plastic Arts in Kiev. He worked as a cartoonist in magazines and newspapers first in Kiev, then in Moscow, as an artist in the workshop of artistic animation at the Soyuzkino film studios, Mezhrabpomfilm. Further creative activity of Babichenko is connected with the Soyuzmultfilm studio. There he became one of the leading directors of the studio.