Boris Asafovich Messerer (Russian: Бори́с Аса́фович Мессере́р; born March 15, 1933, in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater artist,[1] set designer and teacher.

President of the association of artists of theater, cinema and television in Moscow.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (1997, Corresponding Member of 1990).

[2] In 2016 he became a member of the Board of Trustees Fazil Iskander International Literary Award[3] He was born to ballet dancer and teacher Asaf Messerer and silent film actress Anel Sudakevich.

From his first wife, Nina Chistova, he had his only child, Alexander Messerer.