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 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.
Filmography
all 23
Movies 23
Director 18
Writer 3
self 1
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko (1988)
Ruslan and Ludmila (1972)
Viy (1967)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1966)
A Tale of Lost Times (1964)
Scarlet Sails (1961)
My Friend, Kolka! (1961)
The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
The Sword and the Dragon (1956)
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (1953)
Tri vstrechi (1949)
The Stone Flower (1946)
Teremok (1945)
Sinbad the Sailor (1944)
Batyr of the Steppes (1942)
The Golden Key (1939)
The Merry Musicians (1938)
The Dog and the Cat (1938)
Fox and Wolf (1937)
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish (1937)
The Giant Turnip (1936)
The New Gulliver (1935)
Lord of life (1932)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1900-04-19
Deathday1973-03-06 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceLuhansk, Ukraine
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsAleksandr Lukich Ptushko, Alfred Posco, A. Ptushko, Александр Птушко
AwardsStalin Prize, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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