Alexey Borisovich Karaev (born 1954) is a Russian animation director. Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation (1997). Laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR (1990).

In 1976 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Architectural Institute (majoring in design). In 1976–79 he worked as a designer at the Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics. In 1979–81 he studied at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors at VGIK. Since 1982 he has been a director and animator at the Sverdlovsk Film Studio.

One of the leading masters of the animation association of the Sverdlovsk Film Studio, a teacher. Director of one of the best animated films of the 80s, "Welcome!". Since 2002, professor of the Department of Graphics and Animation at UralGAKhA.

In 1993 Karaev appears as an illustrator in Alla Germanovna Sladkevich's textbook "Learn English! Учите английский язык!".