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.
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Movies (36)
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko
as self (archivefootage)
1988
Ruslan and Ludmila
Director (Directing)
1972
Viy
Screenplay (Writing)
1967
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Director (Directing)
1967
A Tale of Lost Times
Director (Directing)
1964
Scarlet Sails
Director (Directing)
1961
My Friend, Kolka!
Producer (Production)
1961
The Day the Earth Froze
Director (Directing)
1959
The Sword and the Dragon
Director (Directing)
1956
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Director (Directing)
1953
Three Encounters
Director (Directing)
1949
The Stone Flower
Director (Directing)
1946
The Lost Letter
Creative Director (Art)
1945
A Winter Tale
Creative Director (Art)
1945
Zoya
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1944
Moscow Skies
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1944
Sinbad the Sailor
Creative Director (Art)
1944
Telephone
Creative Director (Art)
1944
In the Name of the Motherland
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1943
A Good Lad
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1943
The District Secretary
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1942
Lad from Our Town
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1942
Batyr of the Steppes
Director of Photography (Camera)
1942
The Golden Key
Director (Directing)
1939
The Merry Musicians
Director (Directing)
1938
The Dog and the Cat
Writer (Writing)
1938
Small But Fierce
Writer (Writing)
1938
The Fox and the Grapes
Creative Director (Art)
1937
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
Director (Directing)
1937
The Wolf and the Crane
Art Direction (Art)
1936
The Giant Turnip
Writer (Writing)
1936
Capt. Grant's Family
Visual Effects Director (Visual Effects)
1936
The Fox and the Wolf
Writer (Writing)
1936
The New Gulliver
Director (Directing)
1935
Lord of Life
Director (Directing)
1932
The Incident At The Stadium
1928
