Aleksandr Ptushko
Director · 1900–1973 · Lugansk, Lugansk uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]
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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.
Directed 18
1970s
- 1972
1960s
- 1967
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Director
- 1964
The Day the Earth Froze
Director
A Tale of Lost Times
Director
- 1963
The Sword and the Dragon
Director
- 1962
The Magic Voyage of Sinbad
Director
- 1961
Scarlet Sails
Director
1950s
- 1959
- 1956
Ilya Muromets
Director
- 1953
- 1950
Three Encounters
Director
1940s
- 1946
Stone Flower
Director
1930s
- 1939
The Golden Key
Director
- 1938
The Merry Musicians
Director
- 1937
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
Director
- 1935
- 1932
Lord of Life
Director
1920s
- 1928
The Incident At The Stadium
Director
Wrote 13
1970s
- 1972
1960s
- 1967
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Writer
- 1962
1930s
- 1938
The Merry Musicians
Writer
The Dog and the Cat
Writer
Small But Fierce
Writer
- 1937
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish
Screenplay
- 1936
The Giant Turnip
Writer
The Fox and the Wolf
Writer
- 1935
- 1932
Lord of Life
Writer
1920s
- 1928
The Incident At The Stadium
Writer
Art department 10
1960s
- 1967
1940s
- 1945
The Lost Letter
Creative Director
A Winter Tale
Creative Director
- 1944
Sinbad the Sailor
Creative Director
Telephone
Creative Director
1930s
- 1937
The Fox and the Grapes
Creative Director
- 1936
The Wolf and the Crane
Art Direction
The Giant Turnip
Creative Director
- 1932
Lord of Life
Art Direction
1920s
- 1928
The Incident At The Stadium
Art Direction
Visual effects 8
1940s
- 1944
Zoya
Visual Effects Director
Moscow Skies
Visual Effects Director
- 1943
In the Name of the Motherland
Visual Effects Director
- 1942
The District Secretary
Visual Effects Director
Lad from Our Town
Visual Effects Director
A Good Lad
Visual Effects Director
1930s
- 1939
The Golden Key
Visual Effects Director
- 1936
Capt. Grant's Family
Visual Effects Director
Acted in 1
1920s
- 1928
The Incident At The Stadium
Movie
Camera 1
1940s
- 1942
Batyr of the Steppes
Director of Photography
Produced 1
1960s
- 1961
My Friend, Kolka!
Producer
Other crew 1
1960s
- 1967
Appearances1
1980s
- 1988
The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko
self (archivefootage)