David Yanovich Cherkassky (Russian: Давид Янович Черкасский; 23 August 1932 – 30 October 2018)[1][2] was a Soviet and Ukrainian animated film director and screenwriter.
His work in the Kievnauchfilm studio include The Adventures of Captain Wrongel, Doctor Aybolit, and Treasure Island.
David Cherkassky was born in 1932 into a Jewish household in Shpola, Ukrainian SSR.
[4] During World War II, he and his mother were evacuated to a village[4] near the Russian city of Chkalov (today Orenburg).
[4] His father was a director of typography after the revolution and later he served as an assistant to People's Commissar of Justice.