Yuri Norstein
Directing
September 15, 1941 (85 years old)
Andreevka, Penzenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
14
Acting Credits
14
Directed
Biography
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 bo...
Known For
Filmography
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
2021
as Self
5
The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film
2021
Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat
2019
as Himself
Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man
2017
as himself
We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation
2012
as Self
A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog
2011
Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City
2010
2
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
2007
as Self
5.3
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
2005
as Self
8
Miracle Factory. Animation Director
2005
Magia Russica
2004
9.5
Dreams about Alfeoni
2002
as Self - ditector-animator
The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films
1997
as Self
With You I Am Again...
1980
as Narrator (voice)
6