Vladimir Grammatikov was born on 1 June 1942 in
Sverdlovsk. He graduated from the construction faculty of radio Bauman College in Moscow, and then decided to work in cinematography. Later, he got an education at the acting department
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, becoming an actor
pantomime. In 1976 he graduated from the Directing Department of
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (class of
Efim Dzigan). From 1976 he became actor and director of
Gorky Film Studio. He directed sketches for the newsreel
Yeralash and commercials. Since 1990, Vladimir became artistic director of the creative association Contact (from Gorky Film Studio). He is one of the founders and artistic director of the studio Starlight. He was the President of the
Starlight-fest, an international children's film festival in Artek (1992–1996). He is one of the founders of the Festival of Visual Arts at the Russian Children's Center
Eaglet (1997–2006). He was the chief director and artistic director of the children's series for preschoolers,
Sesame Street in Russia (
NTV). In March 2010, Vladimir Grammatikov was appointed as creative producer for
Disney in Russia. His first full-length work as a director was a children's comedy film
Mustached Nanny from 1977. The film was a box-office hit, which attracted about 53 million viewers at the time. Grammatikov found himself a niche in children's and teen films, and virtually all subsequent work of the director in the genre of family films and won prizes at Soviet and international film festivals. One of his most famous films afterwards was the international film project
Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987). ==Selected filmography==