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Aleksandr Ptushko

Film Director / Screenwriter / Camera Operator / Animator / Designer | * 04/19/1900 († 72, 03/06/1973) | Lugansk, Lugansk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]
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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Most frequent genres for this person: Fantasy | Kids & Family | Animation

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Awards & Nominations for Aleksandr Ptushko

Stalin Prize People's Artist of the USSR Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Badge of Honour Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" People's Artist of the RSFSR Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" Honored Artist of the RSFSR
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Movies with Aleksandr Ptushko as Crew(27)

Art/Art Direction2023 The Giant Turnip
Directing/Director1972 Ruslan and Ludmila
Writing/Writer1972 Ruslan and Ludmila
Art/Art Direction1967 Viy
Visual Effects/Special Effects Supervisor1967 Viy
Writing/Screenplay1967 Viy
Directing/Director1966 The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Writing/Writer1966 The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Directing/Director1964 A Tale of Lost Times
Directing/Director1961 Scarlet Sails
Art/Art Direction1961 My Friend, Kolka!
Directing/Director1959 The Day the Earth Froze
Directing/Director1956 The Sword and the Dragon
Directing/Director1953 The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Directing/Director1949 Tri vstrechi
Art/Art Direction1946 The Stone Flower
Directing/Director1946 The Stone Flower
Directing/Director1945 Teremok
Directing/Director1939 The Golden Key
Writing/Writer1938 The Dog and the Cat
Directing/Director1938 The Merry Musicians
Art/Creative Director1937 Fox and Wolf
Directing/Director1935 The New Gulliver
Writing/Writer1935 The New Gulliver
Directing/Director1932 Lord of life
Writing/Writer1932 Lord of life

Citizenship: Soviet Union (former country)
Born: Thursday, 04/19 1900 (April) in Lugansk, Lugansk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: Tuesday, 03/06 1973 (March) in Moscow (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: Russian (RU, native language)
Educated at: Plekhanov Russian Economic University
Employer: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Member of: Association of Filmmakers of the USSR
Other names for Aleksandr Ptushko (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko"
"Alfred Posco"
"A. Ptushko"
"Александр Птушко"
"Alexander Lukitsch Ptuschko"
Aleksandr Ptushko frequently works together with these people:
Sergei Martinson (7x, Actor)
Mikhail Dagmarov (4x, Actor)
Fyodor Provorov (4x, Crew)
Nikolai Renkov (4x, Crew)
Grigoriy Shpigel (3x, Actor)
Aleksandr Renkov (3x, Crew)
Olga Kruchinina (3x, Crew)
Nikolai Renkov (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:257218, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024