Yuri Norstein
Yuri Norstein
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Yuri Norstein

Director 1941-09-15 Andreevka, Penzenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

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 famil...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

2005 · Self

With You I Am Again...

With You I Am Again...

1980 · Narrator (voice)

Islands: Georgy Rerberg

Islands: Georgy Rerberg

2007 · Self

Magia Russica

Magia Russica

2004 · Movie

Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City

Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City

2010 · Movie

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

2021 · Self

A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog

A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog

2011 · Movie

Miracle Factory. Animation Director

Miracle Factory. Animation Director

2005 · Movie

Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat

Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat

2019 · Himself

Dreams about Alfeoni

Dreams about Alfeoni

2002 · Self - ditector-animator

The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films

The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films

1997 · Self

We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation

We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation

2012 · Self

Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man

Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man

2017 · himself

The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film

2021 · Movie