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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 similar…
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- Fuse (1962) Writer
- Viy (1967) Screenplay
- The Sword and the Dragon (1956) Director
- The Day the Earth Froze (1959) Director
- The District Secretary (1942) Visual Effects Director
- Ruslan and Ludmila (1972) Director
- Zoya (1944) Visual Effects Director
- The Stone Flower (1946) Director
- The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (1953) Director
- In the Name of the Motherland (1943) Visual Effects Director
- The Merry Musicians (1938) Director
- A Tale of Lost Times (1964) Director
- Scarlet Sails (1961) Director
- Capt. Grant's Family (1936) Visual Effects Director
- The Lost Letter (1945) Creative Director
- My Friend, Kolka! (1961) Producer
- The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967) Director
- Three Encounters (1949) Director
- The Dog and the Cat (1938) Writer
- A Good Lad (1942) Visual Effects Director
- Lad from Our Town (1942) Visual Effects Director
- The Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish (1937) Director
- Sinbad the Sailor (1944) Creative Director
- The Fox and the Wolf (1936) Writer
- The Golden Key (1939) Director
- The Wolf and the Crane (1936) Art Direction
- Moscow Skies (1944) Visual Effects Director
- Small But Fierce (1938) Writer
- Telephone (1944) Creative Director
- Lord of Life (1932) Director
- The New Gulliver (1935) Director
- The Incident At The Stadium (1928) Director
- The Giant Turnip (1936) Writer
- Batyr of the Steppes (1942) Director of Photography
- The fairy-tale world of Aleksandr Ptushko (1988) as self (archivefootage)
- A Winter Tale (1945) Creative Director
- The Fox and the Grapes (1937) Creative Director
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Most-watched Aleksandr Ptushko films currently: Viy (1967), The Sword and the Dragon (1956), The Day the Earth Froze (1959), The District Secretary (1942), Ruslan and Ludmila (1972).
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