Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 19, 1900
Died
Mar 06, 1973
Place of Birth
Lugansk, Lugansk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]
Credits
40 titles
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 similarities to Ptushko's work and made similarly innovative use of color cinematography and special effects. He began his film career as a director and animator of stop motion short films, and became a director of feature-length films combining live action, stop motion, creative special effects, and Russian mythology. Along the way he would be responsible for a number of firsts in Russian film history (including the first feature-length animated film, and the first film in color), and would make several extremely popular and internationally praised films full of visual flair and spectacle.
Known For
Filmography
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko
self (archivefootage)
Ruslan and Ludmila
Director
Viy
Screenplay
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Director
The Day the Earth Froze
Director
A Tale of Lost Times
Director
The Sword and the Dragon
Director
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Director
Fuse
Writer
Scarlet Sails
Director
My Friend, Kolka!
Producer
Sampo
Director
Ilya Muromets
Director
Sadko
Director
Three Encounters
Director
The Stone Flower
Director
The Lost Letter
Creative Director
A Winter Tale
Creative Director
Zoya
Visual Effects Director
Moscow Skies
Visual Effects Director
Telephone
Creative Director
Sinbad the Sailor
Creative Director
In the Name of the Motherland
Visual Effects Director
The District Secretary
Visual Effects Director
Lad from Our Town
Visual Effects Director
A Good Lad
Visual Effects Director
Batyr of the Steppes
Director of Photography
The Golden Key
Director
The Merry Musicians
Director
The Dog and the Cat
Writer
Small But Fierce
Writer
The Fox and the Grapes
Creative Director
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
Director
The Wolf and the Crane
Art Direction
The Giant Turnip
Writer
Capt. Grant's Family
Visual Effects Director
The Fox and the Wolf
Writer
The New Gulliver
Director
Lord of Life
Director
The Incident At The Stadium