Valeriy Ugarov was born on March 15, 1941 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia] as Valeriy Mikhaylovich Ugarov. He is known for his work on The Magic Paintbrush: A Story from China (2000), Khalif-aist (1981) and A Shoeman and a Mermaid (1989). He died on November 17, 2007 in Moscow, Russia.