Aleksandr Ptushko1900 - 1973

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Director

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Famous

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.

Credits

Ruslan and Ludmila
Ruslan and Ludmila

1972

Adventure • Family • Fantasy

Director, Writer

6.4
0.6
Viy
Viy

1967

Drama • Fantasy • Horror

Screenplay, Art Direction, Special Effects Supervisor

6.9
1.7
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Tale of Tsar Saltan

1967

Family • Fantasy

Director, Writer

6.6
0.6
A Tale of Lost Times
A Tale of Lost Times

1964

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

Director

6.2
0.4
Scarlet Sails
Scarlet Sails

1961

Drama • Fantasy • Romance

Director

6.1
0.3
My Friend, Kolka!
My Friend, Kolka!

1961

Comedy • Drama • Family

Art Direction

5
0.3
The Day the Earth Froze
The Day the Earth Froze

1959

Adventure • Fantasy

Director

4.4
0.7
The Sword and the Dragon
The Sword and the Dragon

1956

Adventure • Fantasy

Director

5
0.4
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad

1953

Action • Adventure • Family • Fantasy

Director

5.5
1.4
Three Encounters
Three Encounters

1949

Drama

Director

6
0.2
The Stone Flower
The Stone Flower

1946

Family • Fantasy

Director, Art Direction

6
0.6
Teremok
Teremok

1945

Animation • Family

Director

0
0.1
A Winter Tale
A Winter Tale

1945

Animation • Fantasy

Creative Director

8
0.1
The Lost Letter
The Lost Letter

1945

Animation

Creative Director

5.8
0.2
Zoya
Zoya

1944

Drama • War

Visual Effects Director

4
0.2
Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor

1944

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

Creative Director

0
0.1
Telephone
Telephone

1944

Animation

Creative Director

6
0.1
In the Name of the Motherland
In the Name of the Motherland

1943

Drama • History • War

Visual Effects Director

4.5
0.2
A Good Lad
A Good Lad

1943

Comedy • Music • War

Visual Effects Director

4.1
0.1
Batyr of the Steppes
Batyr of the Steppes

1942

Drama

Director of Photography

0
0.1
The Golden Key
The Golden Key

1939

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

Director

5.2
0.5
The Merry Musicians
The Merry Musicians

1938

Animation

Director, Writer

5
0.1
The Dog and the Cat
The Dog and the Cat

1938

Animation

Writer

0
0.3
Small But Fierce
Small But Fierce

1938

Animation

Writer

0
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The Fox and the Grapes
The Fox and the Grapes

1937

Animation

Creative Director

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The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish

1937

Animation • Family • Fantasy

Director, Screenplay

7.1
0.2
The Wolf and the Crane
The Wolf and the Crane

1936

Animation • Family

Art Direction

0
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The Giant Turnip
The Giant Turnip

1936

Animation

Writer, Creative Director

0
0.1
The Fox and the Wolf
The Fox and the Wolf

1936

Animation

Writer

0
0.1
The New Gulliver
The New Gulliver

1935

Animation • Family • Fantasy

Director, Writer

5.4
0.3
Lord of Life
Lord of Life

1932

Animation

Director, Writer, Art Direction

0
0.1
The Incident At The Stadium
The Incident At The Stadium

Animation • Comedy • Documentary

Director, Writer, Art Direction

0
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