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Yuri Norstein

Yuri Norstein

Actor, Animation Department, Director

Born September 15, 1941 in Andreevka, Penzenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

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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.

The next film in which he had a major role was The Battle of Kerzhenets (1971), a co-production with Russian animation director Ivan Ivanov-Vano under whose direction Norstein had earlier worked on 1969's Times of the Year.

Throughout the 1970s Norstein continued to work as an animator in many films, and also directed several. As the decade progressed his animation style became ever more sophisticated, looking less like flat cut-outs and more like smoothly-moving paintings or sophisticated pencil sketches. His most famous film is Tale of Tales, a non-linear, autobiographical film about growing up in the postwar Soviet world.

Norstein uses a special technique in his animation, involving multiple glass planes to give his animation a three-dimensional look. The camera is placed at the top looking down on a series of glass planes about a meter deep (one every 25–30 cm). The individual glass planes can move horizontally as well as toward and away from the camera (to give the effect of a character moving closer or further away).

For many years he has collaborated with his wife, the artist Francheska Yarbusova, and the cinematographer Aleksandr Zhukovskiy.

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Filmography

Actor

11

Type

Year

Ulysses Feature Film2024Self

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story Poster

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story Documentary2021Self

Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat Poster

Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat Documentary2019Self

Eshenepozner Poster

Eshenepozner TV Series2018Self - Guest

Dark Sky. White Clouds. Poster

Dark Sky. White Clouds. Documentary2015Self

White Studio Poster

White Studio TV Series2012Self - Guest

Fabrika chudes. Rezhissyor-multiplikator Poster

Fabrika chudes. Rezhissyor-multiplikator Documentary2005Self

Magia Russica Poster

Magia Russica Documentary2004Self

Yuri Norstein Poster

Yuri Norstein Documentary1991Self

Def II TV Series1988Self

With You I Am Again Poster

With You I Am Again Short Film1980

Animation Department

45

Type

Year

The Overcoat Poster

The Overcoat Feature Film2024

Winter Days Poster

Winter Days Short Film2003

Autumn Short Film1982

Olympians Poster

Olympians Short Film1982

O Sport, You Are Peace! Poster

O Sport, You Are Peace! Documentary1981

With You I Am Again Poster

With You I Am Again Short Film1980

The Tale of Tales Poster

The Tale of Tales Short Film1979

I Am Tlying to You as a Memory... Poster

I Am Tlying to You as a Memory... Short Film1977

38 Parrots Poster

38 Parrots TV Series1976

Hedgehog in the Fog Poster

Hedgehog in the Fog Short Film1975

Visiting the Gnomes Poster

Visiting the Gnomes Short Film1975

Shapoklyak - The Gibus Poster

Shapoklyak - The Gibus Short Film1974

The Heron and the Crane Poster

The Heron and the Crane Short Film1974

A Cuckoo-Clock Poster

A Cuckoo-Clock TV Short1973

Aurora TV Short1973

Dr. Aibolit and the Barmaley Pirate Poster

Dr. Aibolit and the Barmaley Pirate TV Short1973

The Fox and the Hare Poster

The Fox and the Hare Short Film1973

Cherished Dream Poster

Cherished Dream Short Film1972

Dostoyanie respubliki Poster

Dostoyanie respubliki Feature Film1972

Mama Short Film1972

New Year Tale Poster

New Year Tale TV Short1972

Ball Horse Poster

Ball Horse Short Film1971

Cheburashka Poster

Cheburashka Short Film1971

General the Bruin Poster

General the Bruin TV Short1971

The Battle of Kerzhenets Poster

The Battle of Kerzhenets Short Film1971

The Boy and the Ball Poster

The Boy and the Ball Short Film1971

The Youngest Rain Poster

The Youngest Rain TV Short1971

The Letter Poster

The Letter Short Film1970

Grandmother's Umbrella Poster

Grandmother's Umbrella Short Film1969

Greedy Kuzia Cat Poster

Greedy Kuzia Cat Short Film1969

Seasons Short Film1969

The Tale About Kolobok - The Small Round Loaf Poster

The Tale About Kolobok - The Small Round Loaf Short Film1969

A Comedian Poster

A Comedian Short Film1968

Look Out, a Pike! Poster

Look Out, a Pike! Short Film1968

The 25th, the First Day Poster

The 25th, the First Day Short Film1968

The Legend About the Terrible Giant Poster

The Legend About the Terrible Giant Short Film1967

The Mitten Poster

The Mitten Short Film1967

Go There, Don't Know Where Poster

Go There, Don't Know Where Feature Film1966

My Green Crocodile Poster

My Green Crocodile Short Film1966

Boniface's Vacation Poster

Boniface's Vacation Short Film1965

How One Peasant Fed Two Generals Poster

How One Peasant Fed Two Generals Short Film1965

Attention! There Is a Magician in the Town! Poster

Attention! There Is a Magician in the Town! Feature Film1964

The Lefthander Poster

The Lefthander Short Film1964

Mister Twister Poster

Mister Twister Short Film1963

Dve skazki Poster

Dve skazki Short Film1962

Director

12

Type

Year

The Overcoat Poster

The Overcoat Feature Film2024

The Complete Works of Yuri Norstein Poster

The Complete Works of Yuri Norstein Feature Film2005

Winter Days Poster

Winter Days Short Film2003

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 Poster

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 Video2000

The Tale of Tales Poster

The Tale of Tales Short Film1979

Hedgehog in the Fog Poster

Hedgehog in the Fog Short Film1975

The Heron and the Crane Poster

The Heron and the Crane Short Film1974

The Fox and the Hare Poster

The Fox and the Hare Short Film1973

The Battle of Kerzhenets Poster

The Battle of Kerzhenets Short Film1971

Deti i spichki Poster

Deti i spichki Short Film1969

Seasons Short Film1969

The 25th, the First Day Poster

The 25th, the First Day Short Film1968

Writer

7

Type

Year

The Overcoat Poster

The Overcoat Feature Film2024

The Complete Works of Yuri Norstein Poster

The Complete Works of Yuri Norstein Feature Film2005

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 Poster

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 Video2000

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3 Poster

Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 3 Feature Film2000

The Tale of Tales Poster

The Tale of Tales Short Film1979

The Heron and the Crane Poster

The Heron and the Crane Short Film1974

The 25th, the First Day Poster

The 25th, the First Day Short Film1968

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

It's Raining Short Film2012

P.O.V. TV Series1988

Art Director

2

The Cow Short Film1989

The 25th, the First Day Poster

The 25th, the First Day Short Film1968

Cinematographer

1

The Complete Works of Yuri Norstein Poster

The Complete Works of Yuri Norstein Feature Film2005

Producer

1

The Overcoat Poster

The Overcoat Feature Film2024

Thanks

1

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Poster

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Short Film1992

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