Aleksandr Ptushko
Soviet animation and fantasy film director (1900-1973) · Russia · On the map · Directors · Died at 72
Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
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Ruslan and LudmilaFilm, Director, Writer1969People's Artist of the USSRAward1964
A Tale of Lost TimesFilm, Director1963
The Sword and the DragonFilm, Director1962
FuseSeries, Writer1961
My Friend, Kolka!Film, Producer1959
SampoFilm, Director1956
Ilya MurometsFilm, Director1950
Three EncountersFilm, Director1947Stalin PrizeAward1946
The Stone FlowerFilm, Director1939
The Golden KeyFilm, Director1937
The Tale of the Fisherman and the GoldfishFilm, Director, Writer1936
The Fox and the WolfFilm, Writer1932
Lord of LifeFilm, Director, Writer1928
The Incident At The StadiumFilm, Director, Writer1900Born19 April 1900People around Aleksandr
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Sergey Martinson Aleksandr directed Ilya Muromets (1956)
Stepan Kayukov Aleksandr directed Ilya Muromets (1956)
Yevgeny Morgunov Aleksandr directed Scarlet Sails (1961)
Tamara Makarova Aleksandr directed The Stone Flower (1946)
Andrei Abrikosov Aleksandr directed Ilya Muromets (1956)
Sergei Stolyarov Aleksandr directed Sadko and Ilya Muromets
Eve Kivi Aleksandr directed Sampo (1959)
Nikolai Kryuchkov Aleksandr directed Three Encounters (1949)
Grigory Shpigel Also in Scarlet Sails and A Tale of Lost Times
Ivan Ryzhov Aleksandr directed Ilya Muromets (1956)
Michaił Trojanowski Also in The Stone Flower, Sadko and Sampo
Alla Larionova Aleksandr directed Sadko (1953)
Vasily Lanovoy Aleksandr directed Scarlet Sails (1961)
Boris Andreyev Aleksandr directed Ilya Muromets (1956)
Larisa Golubkina Aleksandr directed The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
Mikhail Pugovkin Aleksandr directed Ilya Muromets (1956)
Oleg Vidov Aleksandr directed The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
Klara Luchko Aleksandr directed Three Encounters (1949)
Boris Chirkov Aleksandr directed Three Encounters (1949)
Vladimir Andreyev Aleksandr directed The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967)
Zoya Fyodorova Also in Scarlet Sails and A Tale of Lost Times
Tamara Nosova Aleksandr directed Ilya Muromets (1956)
Risto Orko Produced Sampo (1959)
Georgy Kropachyov Directed Viy (1967)
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Filmography 25
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Television 1
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About this person
Ptushko is frequently 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, and would make several extremely popular and internationally praised films full of visual flair and spectacle.
