Directing · b. 1900 · Lugansk, Lugansk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]

Aleksandr Ptushko

Biography

Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (Russian: Александр Лукич Птушко, 19 April [O.S. 6 April] 1900 – 6 March 1973) was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," because of his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis H. O'Brien or Ray Harryhausen. Some critics, such as Tim Lucas and Alan Upchurch, have also compared Ptushko to Italian filmmaker Mario Bava, who made fantasy and horror films with similar...

Directed
Ruslan and Ludmila 1972 The Tale of Tsar Saltan 1967 A Tale of Lost Times 1964 Scarlet Sails 1961 The Day the Earth Froze 1959 The Sword and the Dragon 1956 The Magic Voyage of Sinbad 1953 Three Encounters 1949 The Stone Flower 1946 The Golden Key 1939 The Merry Musicians 1938 The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish 1937 The New Gulliver 1935 Lord of Life 1932 The Incident At The Stadium 1928
Cinematography
Batyr of the Steppes 1942
Acting
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko self (archivefootage) 1988
Other Credits
Viy Screenplay 1967 My Friend, Kolka! Producer 1961 The Lost Letter Creative Director 1945 A Winter Tale Creative Director 1945 Zoya Visual Effects Director 1944 Moscow Skies Visual Effects Director 1944 Sinbad the Sailor Creative Director 1944 Telephone Creative Director 1944 In the Name of the Motherland Visual Effects Director 1943 The District Secretary Visual Effects Director 1942 Lad from Our Town Visual Effects Director 1942 A Good Lad Visual Effects Director 1942 The Dog and the Cat Writer 1938 Small But Fierce Writer 1938 The Fox and the Grapes Creative Director 1937 The Wolf and the Crane Art Direction 1936 The Giant Turnip Writer 1936 Capt. Grant's Family Visual Effects Director 1936 The Fox and the Wolf Writer 1936
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