FILM DIRECTOR

Yuri Norstein

1941 - Today

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Yuri Borisovich Norstein (Russian: Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн; 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Norstein is the 604th most popular film director (down from 436th in 2019), the 1,094th most popular biography from Russia (down from 803rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yuri Norstein ranks 604 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksandr Ptushko, Robert Mulligan, Kaneto Shindo, Burt Kennedy, Robert Surtees, and Les Kurbas. After him are Genndy Tartakovsky, John Badham, Charles Vidor, Jörn Donner, Abel Ferrara, and Stan Winston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Yuri Norstein ranks 262. Before him are Alfred Aho, Cristina Peri Rossi, Boris Vallejo, Sonny Landham, Chucho Valdés, and Dennis Sullivan. After him are Gregory Benford, Maurice Piat, Vlado Milunić, Miriam Margolyes, Roberto Calasso, and Bakili Muluzi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Norstein ranks 1,094 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912), Nina Ponomaryova (1929), Gotthilf Hagen (1797), Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946), Pavel Kiselyov (1788), and Vladimir Kramnik (1975). After him are Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Alexey Troitsky (1866), Vadim Krasnoselsky (1970), Panteleimon Ponomarenko (1902), Andrei Amalrik (1938), and Viacheslav I of Kiev (1083).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Yuri Norstein ranks 18. Before him are Ladislas Starevich (1882), Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), Mikhail Romm (1901), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), Yakov Protazanov (1881), and Boris Barnet (1902). After him are Genndy Tartakovsky (1970), Sergei Bodrov (1948), Sergei Gerasimov (1906), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), Fedor Ozep (1895), and Stanislav Govorukhin (1936).

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