Andrei Khrzhanovsky

Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939 in Moscow^[1]) is a Soviet and Russian animator, documentary filmmaker, writer and producer known for making art films.^[2]^[3] He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Married to philologist, editor and script doctor Maria Neyman. People's Artist of Russia (2011).^[4]

Career

He rose to prominence in the west with his 2009 picture Room and a Half starring Grigory Dityatkovsky, Sergei Yursky, Alisa Freindlich) about Joseph Brodsky.^[5]^[6] Although Khrzhanovsky's 1966 dark comedy There Lived Kozyavin was clearly a comment on the dangerous absurdity of a regimented communist bureaucracy, it was approved by the state owned Soyuzmultfilm studio. However, The Glass Harmonica in 1968, continuing a theme of heartless bureaucrats confronted by the liberating power of music and art, was the first animated film to be officially banned in the Soviet Union.^[7]

Filmography (selection)

There Lived Kozyavin (1966, short film, Russian: Жил-был Козявин)
The Glass Harmonica (1968, short film, Russian: Стеклянная гармоника)^[8]
Armoire (1970, short film)
The Butterfly (1972, short film, Russian: Бабочка)
A Fantastic Tale (1978, Russian: Чудеса в решете)
A Pushkin Trilogy (1986)
The Lion with the White Beard (1995, Russian: Лев с седой бородой)
A Cat and a Half (2002, Russian: Полтора кота)
Room and a Half (2009, Russian: Полторы комнаты)
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks (2020, Russian: Нос, или Заговор не таких)

References

^ "Интервью "Новой Газете" (2001)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 350–351. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
^ Drawing the Iron Curtain - Google Books (pg.20)
^ Указ Президента РФ от 21.03.2011 № 336 «О присвоении почётного звания „Народный артист Российской Федерации“» Archived 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Interview
^ "A Room and a Half | Film review". The Guardian. 2010-05-08. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16.
^ Cavalier, Stephen (2011). The World History of Animation. Berkeley California: University of California Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-520-26112-9.
^ Soyuzmultfilm Most Famous Characters|HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION

External links

[1] "Интервью "Новой Газете" (2001)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

[2] Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 350–351. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.

[3] Drawing the Iron Curtain - Google Books (pg.20)

[4] Указ Президента РФ от 21.03.2011 № 336 «О присвоении почётного звания „Народный артист Российской Федерации“» Archived 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Interview

[6] "A Room and a Half | Film review". The Guardian. 2010-05-08. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16.

[7] Cavalier, Stephen (2011). The World History of Animation. Berkeley California: University of California Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-520-26112-9.

[8] Soyuzmultfilm Most Famous Characters|HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION

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