Aleksandr Ptushko
Directing
Born: 1900-04-19 · Lugansk, Lugansk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: 1973-03-06
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 a
🎬 Movies (30)
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko
1988
self (archivefootage)
Ruslan and Ludmila
1972
Director
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
1967
Director
Viy
1967
Screenplay
A Tale of Lost Times
1964
Director
The Day the Earth Froze
1964
Director
The Sword and the Dragon
1963
Director
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
1962
Director
Scarlet Sails
1961
Director
My Friend, Kolka!
1961
Producer
Sampo
1959
Director
Ilya Muromets
1956
Director
Sadko
1953
Director
Three Encounters
1950
Director
The Stone Flower
1946
Director
A Winter Tale
1945
Creative Director
The Lost Letter
1945
Creative Director
Sinbad the Sailor
1944
Creative Director
Telephone
1944
Creative Director
Zoya
1944
Visual Effects Director
Moscow Skies
1944
Visual Effects Director
In the Name of the Motherland
1943
Visual Effects Director
Batyr of the Steppes
1942
Director of Photography
A Good Lad
1942
Visual Effects Director
The District Secretary
1942
Visual Effects Director
Lad from Our Town
1942
Visual Effects Director
The Golden Key
1939
Director
The Merry Musicians
1938
Director
The Dog and the Cat
1938
Writer
Small But Fierce
1938
Writer
