FILM DIRECTOR

Aleksandr Ptushko

1900 - 1973

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Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (Russian: Александр Лукич Птушко, 19 April [O.S. 6 April] 1900 – 6 March 1973) was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," because of his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis H. O'Brien or Ray Harryhausen. Some critics, such as Tim Lucas and Alan Upchurch, have also compared Ptushko to Italian filmmaker Mario Bava, who made fantasy and horror films with similarities to Ptushko's work and made similarly innovative use of color cinematography and special effects. He began his film career as a director and animator of stop motion short films, and became a director of feature-length films combining live action, stop motion, creative special effects, and Russian mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandr Ptushko is the 598th most popular film director (up from 643rd in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 486th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Aleksandr Ptushko ranks 598 out of 2,041. Before him are John Lasseter, Ralph Bakshi, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Gérard Krawczyk, and Ildikó Enyedi. After him are Robert Mulligan, Kaneto Shindo, Burt Kennedy, Robert Surtees, Les Kurbas, and Yuri Norstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Aleksandr Ptushko ranks 156. Before him are Mica Todorović, Lee Beom-seok, Hans Stuck, Eduard van Beinum, Hermann Esser, and Georgia Hale. After him are Silvio Cator, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Charles Vidor, Jacques Moeschal, and Seewoosagur Ramgoolam. Among people deceased in 1973, Aleksandr Ptushko ranks 133. Before him are Helen Parkhurst, Nobuko Yoshiya, Bobby Darin, Adolfo Zumelzú, Hilda Geiringer, and Walter Krüger. After him are Joe E. Brown, Alexander Vandegrift, Jim Croce, Oliver Macdonald, Théo Lefèvre, and István Kertész.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Ptushko ranks 451 out of 1,365. Before him are Mykola Pymonenko (1862), Liya Akhedzhakova (1938), Roman Rudenko (1907), Alexander Granach (1890), Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895), and Iryna Melnykova (1918). After him are Andrey Razumovsky (1752), Viorica Viscopoleanu (1939), Dmitri Ivanenko (1904), Janina Lewandowska (1908), Wilhelm Stekel (1868), and Joseph Schmidt (1904).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ukraine

Among film directors born in Ukraine, Aleksandr Ptushko ranks 11. Before him are Anatole Litvak (1902), Richard Boleslawski (1889), Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922), Maya Deren (1917), Larisa Shepitko (1938), and Grigori Kozintsev (1905). After him are Les Kurbas (1887), Aleksei Kapler (1904), Yuri Ilyenko (1936), Roman Karmen (1906), Grigory Chukhray (1921), and Lucian Pintilie (1933).

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