Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Iouri Norstein is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Animation and Special Effects Russe born on 15 september 1941

Iouri Norstein

Iouri Norstein
If you like this person, let us know!
Nationality Russie
Birth 15 september 1941 (82 years)
Awards USSR State Prize, Annie Award

Iouri Borissovitch Norstein (en russe : Юрий Борисович Норштейн) est un cinéaste d'animation russe né le 15 septembre 1941 à Andreïevka, dans la région de Penza (alors en Union soviétique).

Biography

Fils d'un ajusteur dans l'industrie du bois, il a commencé sa vie professionnelle en travaillant dans le bois.

En 1959, il commença un cycle de deux ans d'études de peintre-animateur au studio de cinéma Soyouzmoultfilm où il commença à travailler en 1961. D'abord plus attiré par la peinture que par l'animation, il résolut de rester dans ce métier, notamment après la lecture d'ouvrages d'Eisenstein.

Il a épousé Franceska Iarboussova, avec laquelle il avait étudié à l'école d'art de Moscou. Elle est sa plus fidèle collaboratrice. Ensemble, ils réalisent notamment les célèbres Hérisson dans le brouillard (1975) et Le Conte des contes (1979).

Avec la disparition de l'Union soviétique et le déclin de Soyouzmoultfilm, la carrière de Norstein, désormais exposée à la loi du marché, a été entravée par des difficultés de production.

La totalité de son œuvre représente moins de deux heures de programme, auxquelles il aura consacré toute sa vie. Il utilise ensemble de nombreuses techniques d'animation, et n'hésite pas à mettre à l'écran le brouillard ou l'eau, qui sont d'une utilisation difficile en animation. De plus, il est un maître de la profondeur de champ et des mouvements d'appareil.

Le Conte des Contes a été élu meilleur dessin animé de tous les temps lors des Olympiades de l'animation organisé à l'occasion des jeux olympiques d'été de Los Angeles en 1984.

En 1981, il entreprend à porter à l'écran Le Manteau de Nicolas Gogol, une production qui se présente comme la plus longue jamais observée dans le domaine d'animation qui a subi de multiples problèmes financiers et qui était toujours en production en 2013.

En 2002, son Hérisson dans le brouillard (1975) fait l'objet d'une adaptation en album pour enfants.

Le réalisateur Youri Tcherenkov a été son élève.

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Iouri Norstein (9 films)

Display filmography as list

Director

Winter Days, 40minutes
Directed by Raoul Servais, Isao Takahata, Iouri Norstein, Kihachirō Kawamoto, Kōji Yamamura, Mark Baker (animateur), Yōji Kuri, Co Hoedeman, Yōichi Kotabe, Jacques Drouin
Origin Japon
Genres Animation
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Kyōko Kishida
Rating65% 3.2824653.2824653.2824653.2824653.282465
Le film consiste en une série de 36 courts métrages d'une durée comprise entre 30 secondes et 2 minutes environ, chacun inspiré par l'une des strophes du poème. Entre les films, la strophe du film à venir s'affiche à l'écran et est lue par un narrateur ou une narratrice. Comme il est d'usage dans ce type de poème, le premier vers de chaque nouvelle strophe reprend le dernier vers de la strophe précédente. Le premier court métrage montre un groupe de poètes japonais réunis dans une maison et accueillant l'invité d'honneur qui, selon l'usage, compose la première strophe du renku ; c'est le seul à montrer les auteurs du poème. Les films suivants plongent dans l'univers d'images et de sensation évoqués par les strophes du poème. Le poème lui-même ne développe pas d'intrigue suivie ; il contient des éléments d'intrigue, mais ils restent très allusifs. Les courts métrages, de leur côté, ne présentent pas nécessairement une adaptation littérale du poème mais s'en inspirent plus ou moins librement. Les différents courts métrages ne comportent pas de paroles, seulement de la musique et des bruitages. Les techniques d'animation sont extrêmement variées, de même que les styles graphiques et le ton des différents films (ils sont tour à tour paisibles, angoissants, drôles, tristes, etc.). Le film proprement dit est suivi d'un documentaire de making of donnant des informations sur le poème d'origine et sur la production du film.
Hedgehog in the Fog, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Alexeï Batalov, Vyacheslav Nevinny
Rating80% 4.038734.038734.038734.038734.03873
This is a story about a little hedgehog (voiced by Mariya Vinogradova), who is on his way to visit his friend the bear cub. As explained in the introductory narration, the two would meet every evening to drink tea from the cub's samovar, which was heated on a fire of juniper twigs. As they drank their tea, the hedgehog and the bear would chat and count the stars together.
The Overcoat, 1h5
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Animation
Actors Rolan Bykov
Rating74% 3.71293.71293.71293.71293.7129
The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat. However, Norshteyn has said that "the cinematographer should not be interested in that which is described in detail - he should look to that which is skipped, to that which is implied but is not explicitly written. The break in the text is the most promising, the most alive place for cinema."
Tale of Tales, 29minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Rating77% 3.889273.889273.889273.889273.88927
Tale of Tales, like Tarkovsky's Mirror, attempts to structure itself like a human memory. Memories are not recalled in neat chronological order; instead, they are recalled by the association of one thing with another, which means that any attempt to put memory on film cannot be told like a conventional narrative. The film is thus made up of a series of related sequences whose scenes are interspersed between each other. One of the primary themes involves war, with particular emphasis on the enormous losses the Soviet Union suffered on the Eastern Front during World War II. Several recurring characters and their interactions make up a large part of the film, such as the poet, the little girl and the bull, the little boy and the crows, the dancers and the soldiers, and especially the little grey wolf (Russian: се́ренький волчо́к, syeryenkiy volchok). Another symbol connecting nearly all of these different themes are green apples (which may symbolize life, hope, or potential).
The Heron and the Crane, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Innokenti Smoktounovski
Rating71% 3.5848953.5848953.5848953.5848953.584895
Le héron désire se marier avec la cigogne. La cigogne aussi. Chacun a son tour ils refusent les avances de l'autre. Et dans un décor de ruines mangées de végétation, leur marivaudage se poursuit, apparemment sans issue possible.
The Fox and the Hare, 12minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Viktor Khokhryakov
Rating71% 3.5749653.5749653.5749653.5749653.574965
Une renarde s'est construit une maison de glace tandis qu'un lièvre a construit la sienne en bois. Lorsque le Printemps arrive, la maison de la renarde fond au soleil. Jalouse, elle jette le lapin hors de chez lui et s'installe dans sa maison. Triste et impuissant, le lapin s'en va pleurer dans la forêt. Il rencontre successivement un loup, un ours et un taureau qui chacun à leur tour, essaient de l'aider mais reviennent bredouille. Seul le coq, aidé du lapin parvient à déloger la renarde.
The Battle of Kerzhenets, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein, Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Genres War, Animation
Themes Films about religion
Rating69% 3.4807753.4807753.4807753.4807753.480775
The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (made into a 4-act opera by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1907), which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols. (Russia was under the Mongol-Tartar yoke for a period of three centuries in the Middle Ages.)

Scriptwriter

Hedgehog in the Fog, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Alexeï Batalov, Vyacheslav Nevinny
Roles Writer
Rating80% 4.038734.038734.038734.038734.03873
This is a story about a little hedgehog (voiced by Mariya Vinogradova), who is on his way to visit his friend the bear cub. As explained in the introductory narration, the two would meet every evening to drink tea from the cub's samovar, which was heated on a fire of juniper twigs. As they drank their tea, the hedgehog and the bear would chat and count the stars together.
The Overcoat, 1h5
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Animation
Actors Rolan Bykov
Roles Writer
Rating74% 3.71293.71293.71293.71293.7129
The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat. However, Norshteyn has said that "the cinematographer should not be interested in that which is described in detail - he should look to that which is skipped, to that which is implied but is not explicitly written. The break in the text is the most promising, the most alive place for cinema."
Tale of Tales, 29minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Roles Ecrivain
Rating77% 3.889273.889273.889273.889273.88927
Tale of Tales, like Tarkovsky's Mirror, attempts to structure itself like a human memory. Memories are not recalled in neat chronological order; instead, they are recalled by the association of one thing with another, which means that any attempt to put memory on film cannot be told like a conventional narrative. The film is thus made up of a series of related sequences whose scenes are interspersed between each other. One of the primary themes involves war, with particular emphasis on the enormous losses the Soviet Union suffered on the Eastern Front during World War II. Several recurring characters and their interactions make up a large part of the film, such as the poet, the little girl and the bull, the little boy and the crows, the dancers and the soldiers, and especially the little grey wolf (Russian: се́ренький волчо́к, syeryenkiy volchok). Another symbol connecting nearly all of these different themes are green apples (which may symbolize life, hope, or potential).
The Heron and the Crane, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Innokenti Smoktounovski
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.5848953.5848953.5848953.5848953.584895
Le héron désire se marier avec la cigogne. La cigogne aussi. Chacun a son tour ils refusent les avances de l'autre. Et dans un décor de ruines mangées de végétation, leur marivaudage se poursuit, apparemment sans issue possible.
The Fox and the Hare, 12minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Viktor Khokhryakov
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.5749653.5749653.5749653.5749653.574965
Une renarde s'est construit une maison de glace tandis qu'un lièvre a construit la sienne en bois. Lorsque le Printemps arrive, la maison de la renarde fond au soleil. Jalouse, elle jette le lapin hors de chez lui et s'installe dans sa maison. Triste et impuissant, le lapin s'en va pleurer dans la forêt. Il rencontre successivement un loup, un ours et un taureau qui chacun à leur tour, essaient de l'aider mais reviennent bredouille. Seul le coq, aidé du lapin parvient à déloger la renarde.
The Battle of Kerzhenets, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein, Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Genres War, Animation
Themes Films about religion
Rating69% 3.4807753.4807753.4807753.4807753.480775
The story is based on the legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (made into a 4-act opera by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1907), which disappears under the waters of a lake to escape an attack by the Mongols. (Russia was under the Mongol-Tartar yoke for a period of three centuries in the Middle Ages.)

Producer

The Overcoat, 1h5
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Genres Animation
Actors Rolan Bykov
Roles Producer
Rating74% 3.71293.71293.71293.71293.7129
The film is based on Nikolai Gogol's The Overcoat. However, Norshteyn has said that "the cinematographer should not be interested in that which is described in detail - he should look to that which is skipped, to that which is implied but is not explicitly written. The break in the text is the most promising, the most alive place for cinema."

Visual effects

Hedgehog in the Fog, 10minutes
Directed by Iouri Norstein
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal
Actors Alexeï Batalov, Vyacheslav Nevinny
Roles Animation
Rating80% 4.038734.038734.038734.038734.03873
This is a story about a little hedgehog (voiced by Mariya Vinogradova), who is on his way to visit his friend the bear cub. As explained in the introductory narration, the two would meet every evening to drink tea from the cub's samovar, which was heated on a fire of juniper twigs. As they drank their tea, the hedgehog and the bear would chat and count the stars together.