Yuri Norstein
Known for: Directing
Born: September 15, 1941
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
A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog
2011
The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film
2021
Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man
2017
Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat
2019
The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films
1997
Miracle Factory. Animation Director
2005
We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation
2012
Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City
2010
Dreams about Alfeoni
2002
With You I Am Again...
1980
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
2007
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
2005
Magia Russica
2004
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
2021