Andrey Nikolayevich Sokolov (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Соколов; 1 April 1974 – 14 July 2025) was a Russian animation director, screenwriter and production designer.
Sokolov was born in Moscow on 1 April 1974.[1] In 1995 he graduated from the animation courses of the animation studio "Pilot".[2] In 1998, he graduated from the State Academy of Household Sciences with a degree in furniture production as a process engineer. From 1995 to 2000 he worked as an animator and storyboard artist at the Pilot studio. Later, in 2001, he made his directorial debut with the cartoon Latex.[3]