Yuri Norstein

Yuri Borisovich Norstein (Russian: Юрий Борисович Норштейн) (b. 1941) is an award-winning Russian animator most known for his animated short Tale of Tales. Image File history File links Norstein. ... Image File history File links Norstein. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... An animator is one who is involved in the process of animation. ...

Biography

Yuri Norstein was born on September 15, 1941 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 finishing a two-year animation course, he found employment at studio Soyuzmultfilm in 1961 where he worked with Russian animation director Ivan Ivanov-Vano. September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Penza Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million... Evacuation can have several meanings: In wilderness first aid, evacuation is the transport of a seriously injured person out of the wilderness to the nearest point an ambulance can reach to take them to the hospital, or to the nearest emergency room. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... Winnie-the-Pooh by Soyuzmultfilm The Studio Soyuzmultfilm () is the most important Soviet animation film studio, founded in 1935 under the name of Soyuzdetmultfilm. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The history of Russian animation is a very rich, but so far nearly unexplored field for Western film theory and history. ... Ivan Ivanov-Vano (January 27, 1900, Moscow – March 25, 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet animator and Russian animation director, sometimes called the Patriarch of Soviet animation. Ivanov-Vano was a laureate of numerous festivals, and a professor at VGIK. Categories: | | | | | | | | ...

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Norstein uses a special technique in his animation, involving multiple glass planes to give his animation a three-dimensional look. He refuses to use computers in his work. 12 frames per second is the typical rate for an animated cartoon. ... 2-dimensional renderings (ie. ... A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions known as a program. ...

For many years he has collaborated with his wife, the artist Francesca Yarbusova, and the cinematographer Alexandr Zhukovsky.

As of 2006, he is working on a (presumably) feature-length adapation of Gogol's Overcoat, as he has been on and off since 1981. The project has met numerous financial troubles. A couple of short, low-resolution clips from the project have been made available: [1] and [2]. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol (Russian: Николай Васильевич Гоголь) (March 31, 1809 - March 4, 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian writer. ... The Overcoat (Russian: , Shinel; sometimes also translated as The Cloak) is the title of a short story by Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Filmography

• My Green Crocodile (Мой зеленый крокодил, 1966) - participated as an animator
• 25th October, the First Day (25-е — первый день, 1968) - a collaboration with Arkadii Tyurin.
• Times of the Year (Времена года, 1969)
• The Battle of Kerzhenets (Сеча при Керженце, 1971) - a collaboration with Ivan Ivanov-Vano.
• The Fox and the Hare (Лиса и заяц, 1973).
• The Heron and the Crane (Цапля и журавль, 1974).
• Hedgehog in the Fog (Ёжик в тумане, 1975).
• Tale of Tales (Сказка сказок, 1979).
• Participated in Winter Days (冬の日, 2003).

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Awards

• 1976 - Frunze All-Union Film Festival: Hedgehog in the Fog "best animated film"
• 1976 - Teheran Children's and Youth Film Festival: Hedgehog in the Fog "best animated film"
• 1979 - USSR State Prize for Tale of Tales (awarded just prior to its release to Norstein, Yarbusova and Zhukovsky)

• 1980 - Lille (France) International Festival of Films Jury Grand Prize for Tale of Tales
• 1980 - Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films: Grand Prix for Tale of Tales
• 1980 - Ottawa (Canada) International Animation Film Festival, First Prize for Tale of Tales
• 1984 - Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival: Tale of Tales voted by large international jury to be the greatest animated film of all time
• 1995 - Russian Triumph Award
• 1996 - National Artist of Russia
• 2002 - Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films: Tale of Tales again voted by large international jury to be the greatest animated film of all time
• 2003 - Laputa Animation Festival in Tokyo: Hedgehog in the Fog awarded title of "best animated film of all time"
• 2004 - Japanese Order of the Rising Sun

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See also

• History of Russian animation
• Films that have been considered the greatest ever

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References

• Clare Kitson (2005). Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales, Eastleigh: John Libbey, Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-86196-646-5 (non-U.S.), ISBN 0-25321-838-1 (U.S.).

External links

• Yuri Norstein at The Internet Movie Database
• 20 Years of Toil, 20 Minutes of Unique Film
• Sweet little mystery