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Aleksandr Ptushko
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…
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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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1988
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko
Movie self (archivefootage)
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1972
Ruslan and Ludmila
Movie Director
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1967
Viy
Movie Screenplay
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1967
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Movie Director
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1964
The Day the Earth Froze
Movie Director
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1964
A Tale of Lost Times
Movie Director
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1963
The Sword and the Dragon
Movie Director
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1962
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Movie Director
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1962
Fuse
TV show Writer
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1961
Scarlet Sails
Movie Director
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1961
My Friend, Kolka!
Movie Producer
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1959
Sampo
Movie Director
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1956
Ilya Muromets
Movie Director
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1953
Sadko
Movie Director
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1950
Three Encounters
Movie Director
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1946
The Stone Flower
Movie Director
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1945
The Lost Letter
Movie Creative Director
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1945
A Winter Tale
Movie Creative Director
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1944
Zoya
Movie Visual Effects Director
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1944
Moscow Skies
Movie Visual Effects Director
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1944
Telephone
Movie Creative Director
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1944
Sinbad the Sailor
Movie Creative Director
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1943
In the Name of the Motherland
Movie Visual Effects Director
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1942
The District Secretary
Movie Visual Effects Director
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1942
Lad from Our Town
Movie Visual Effects Director
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1942
A Good Lad
Movie Visual Effects Director
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1942
Batyr of the Steppes
Movie Director of Photography
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1939
The Golden Key
Movie Director
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1938
The Merry Musicians
Movie Director
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1938
The Dog and the Cat
Movie Writer
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1938
Small But Fierce
Movie Writer
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1937
The Fox and the Grapes
Movie Creative Director
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1937
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
Movie Director
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1936
The Wolf and the Crane
Movie Art Direction
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1936
The Giant Turnip
Movie Writer
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1936
Capt. Grant's Family
Movie Visual Effects Director
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1936
The Fox and the Wolf
Movie Writer
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1935
The New Gulliver
Movie Writer
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1932
Lord of Life
Movie Writer
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