- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 17, 1957
- Place of Birth
- Prechistoye, Yaroslavlskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Aleksandr Petrov
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov (Александр Константинович Петров) (born 17 July 1957 in Prechistoye, Yaroslavl Oblast) is a Russian animator and animation director. Petrov was born in the village of Prechistoye (Yaroslavl Oblast) and lives in Yaroslavl. He studied art at VGIK (state institute of cinema and TV) and was a disciple of Yuriy Norshteyn at Moscow's Advanced School for Screenwriters and Directors. After making his first films in Russia he moved to Canada where he adapted the novel The Old Man and the Sea, resulting in a 20-minute animated short — the first large-format animated film ever made. Technically impressive, the film is made entirely in pastel oil paintings on glass, a technique mastered by only a handful of animators in the world. By using his fingertips instead of a paintbrush on different glass sheets positioned on multiple levels, each covered with slow-drying o…
Filmography
movieAnimavi Festival for Poetic Animation Opening
2016 · Director, Animation
movieThe Rose
2015 · Director
movieFirebird
2014 · Director
tvDostoevsky
2011
movieEncore!
2010 · Director
movieThe Night
2010 · Director
movieOne More Time!
2010 · Producer
movieMy Love
2006 · Director, Screenplay, Writer, Production Design
movieMiracle Factory. Animation Director
2005
movieWinter Days
2003 · Director
The Academy of One's Own Mistakes, or the Pilot Brothers Save Russia
tvThe Academy of One's Own Mistakes, or the Pilot Brothers Save Russia
2000 · Administration
movieAleksandr Petrov: The Making of "Mermaid" + "The Old Man and the Sea"
2000 · Himself
movieThe Old Man and the Sea
1999 · Storyboard Artist, Director, Art Direction, Animation, Screenplay
From the personal life of the Pilot brothers
tvFrom the personal life of the Pilot brothers
1998 · Animation
movieMermaid
1997 · Animation, Art Direction, Director, Writer
movieWelcome to the 21st Century
1995 · Director
movieThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992 · Director, Screenplay
movieAssassin of the Tsar
1991 · Set Designer
movieLet Bygones Be Bygones
1989 · Storyboard Artist
movieThe Cow
1989 · Director, Animation, Screenplay, Writer
movieThe Guardian Angel
1989 · Art Direction, Animation
movieThe Marathon
1988 · Director, Animation
movieWelcome
1986 · Art Direction
movieA Fairy Tale About A Little Thing
1985 · Art Direction
movieAt the Pike's Behest
1984 · Art Direction
movieHealth Begins at Home
1973 · Animation
Firefly: Cartoon Magazine for Children No. 5
movieFirefly: Cartoon Magazine for Children No. 5
1964 · Animation
movieThe Prince
— · Director