Yuri Norstein
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 15, 1941, Andreevka, Penzenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- Movies
- 28
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).
After working as an animation artist in some fifty films, Norstein got the chance to direct his own. In 1968 he debuted with 25th October, the First Day, sharing directorial credit with Arkadiy Tyurin. The film used the artwork of 1920s-era Soviet artists Nathan Altman and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.
Upcoming Yuri Norstein Movies
The Overcoat
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film | |
| 2021 | Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story | Self |
| 2019 | Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat | Himself |
| 2017 | Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man | himself |
| 2012 | We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation | Self |
| 2011 | A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog | |
| 2010 | Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City | |
| 2007 | Islands: Georgy Rerberg | Self |
| 2005 | Miracle Factory. Animation Director | |
| 2005 | Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum | Self |
| 2004 | Magia Russica | |
| 2002 | Dreams about Alfeoni | Self - ditector-animator |
| 1997 | The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films | Self |
| 1980 | With You I Am Again... | Narrator (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2017 | The Films of Yuri Norstein | Producer, Director |
| 2003 | Winter Days | Director |
| 2000 | Good Night, Little Ones! | Director |
| 2000 | Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3 | Director |
| 2000 | Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | Tale of Tales | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | One Day Before Our Era | Director, Writer, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Hedgehog in the Fog | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Heron and the Crane | Screenplay, Director, Writer |
| 1973 | The Fox and the Hare | Director, Screenplay, Writer |
| 1971 | The Battle of Kerzhenets | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | Children and Matches | Director |
| 1969 | The Seasons | Director |
| 1968 | 25 October, the First Day | Director, Screenplay, Writer |
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