Yuri Norstein
Birthday
1941/09/15 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Andreevka, Penzenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Also know as
Yuri Norstein, Yury Norshteyn, Yuri Norshteyn, Yuriy Norstein, Yury Norstein, Yuriy Norshteyn, Iouri Norstein, ユーリ・ノルシュテイン, ユーリ・ボリソヴィチ・ノルシュテイン, Норштейн, Юрий Борисович, Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн, Ю. Норштейн, Юрий Норштейн
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(2021) Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
as Self
(1997) The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films
as Self
(2007) Islands: Georgy Rerberg
as Self
(2002) Dreams about Alfeoni
as Self - ditector-animator
(2011) A Hedgehog Came Out of the Fog
as ---
(2021) The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film
as ---
(2017) Gennady Shpalikov. Life Of A Charming Man
as himself
(2005) Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
as Self
(1980) With You I Am Again...
as voice
(2010) Rob Saakyanc. The Last Hippy of the Pink City
as ---
(2005) Miracle Factory. Animation Director
as ---
(2004) Magia Russica
as ---
(2019) Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat
as Himself
(2012) We Come From Cartoons. 100 Years of Russian Animation
as Himself