Yuri Norstein
Directing
Born September 15, 1941 in Andreevka, Penzenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
PAR Yuri Norstein (Russian: Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн, Yuriy Borisovich Norshteyn; born 15 September 1941), is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales. Since 1981 he has been working on a feature film called The Overcoat, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol of the same name. According to the Washington Post, "He is considered by many to be not just the best animator of his era, but the best of all time". Yuri Norstein was born to a Jewish family in the village of Andreyevka, Penza Oblast, during his parents' World War II evacuation. He grew up in the Maryina Roshcha suburb of Moscow. After studying at an art school, Norstein initially found work at a furniture factory. Then he finished a two-year animation course and found employment at studio Soyuzmultfilm in 1961. The first film that he participated in as an animator was Who Said "Meow"? (1962).
Filmography
The Overcoat
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Self
Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat
Himself
Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man
himself
The Films of Yuri Norstein
We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation
Self
A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog
Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
Self
Miracle Factory. Animation Director
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
Self
Magia Russica
Winter Days
Dreams about Alfeoni
Self - ditector-animator
Good Night, Little Ones!
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3
Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2
The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films
Self
School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape
My Favorite Time
The Priest Had A Dog
Olympians
Autumn
O Sport, You Are Peace!
With You I Am Again...
Narrator (voice)
Tale of Tales
One Day Before Our Era
I Am Flying to You as a Memory...
Hedgehog in the Fog
Visiting the Gnomes
Shapoklyak
The Heron and the Crane
Cuckoo Clock
The Fox and the Hare
Cherished Dream
The Property of Republic
New Year Tale
Mama
The Battle of Kerzhenets
Cheburashka
The Youngest Rain
Losharik
Beavers Are on the Trail
The Letter
Children and Matches
Tale of the Kolobok
Grandma's Umbrella
The Seasons
25 October, the First Day
Watch Out, Pike!
The Mitten
The Legend of the Cruel Giant
Go There, Don't Know Where
My Green Crocodile
Boniface's Holiday
How One Peasant Fed Two Generals
What A Miracle
Left-Hander
Attention! The Magician Is in the City!
The Tale of the Old Cedar
Mister Twister
Two Stories