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