Aleksandr Ptushko
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.
Fotos
Filme (39)
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko
1988 · self (archivefootage)
Ruslan and Ludmila
1972 · Director, Writer
Viy
1967 · Screenplay, Art Direction, Stunt Coordinator
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
1967 · Director, Writer
The Day the Earth Froze
1964 · Director
A Tale of Lost Times
1964 · Director
The Sword and the Dragon
1963 · Director
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
1962 · Director
Scarlet Sails
1961 · Director
My Friend, Kolka!
1961 · Producer
Sampo
1959 · Director
Ilya Muromets
1956 · Director
Sadko
1953 · Director
Three Encounters
1950 · Director
Stone Flower
1946 · Director
The Lost Letter
1945 · Creative Director
A Winter Tale
1945 · Creative Director
Zoya
1944 · Visual Effects Director
Moscow Skies
1944 · Visual Effects Director
Sinbad the Sailor
1944 · Creative Director
Telephone
1944 · Creative Director
In the Name of the Motherland
1943 · Visual Effects Director
The District Secretary
1942 · Visual Effects Director
Lad from Our Town
1942 · Visual Effects Director
Batyr of the Steppes
1942 · Director of Photography
A Good Lad
1942 · Visual Effects Director
The Golden Key
1939 · Director, Visual Effects Director
The Merry Musicians
1938 · Director, Writer
The Dog and the Cat
1938 · Writer
Small But Fierce
1938 · Writer
The Fox and the Grapes
1937 · Creative Director
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
1937 · Director, Screenplay
The Wolf and the Crane
1936 · Art Direction
The Giant Turnip
1936 · Writer, Creative Director
Capt. Grant's Family
1936 · Visual Effects Director
The Fox and the Wolf
1936 · Writer
The New Gulliver
1935 · Director, Writer
Lord of Life
1932 · Director, Writer, Art Direction
The Incident At The Stadium
1928 · Director, Writer, Art Direction
