Yuri Norstein
1941
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
occupation: film director, actor, screenwriter, animator, painter, director
award received: USSR State Prize, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Annie Award, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Winsor McCay Award, Order of the Rising Sun
official website: www.norshteyn.ru
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". Source: Wikipedia (en)
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