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Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian animator, documentary filmmaker, writer and producer known for making art films. He is the father of director
Soyuzmultfilm Most Famous Characters, HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUOPEAN ANIMATION
/ref> *''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) *''
''The Glass Harmonica'' on Open CultureDangerous Minds article on ''The Glass Harmonica''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khrzhanovsky, Andrei 1939 births Living people Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni People's Artists of Russia Recipients of the Nika Award State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Russian animated film directors Russian animated film producers Russian animators Russian film directors Soviet animation directors Soviet animators Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian animator, documentary filmmaker, writer and producer known for making art films. He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Илья́ Андре́евич Хржановский; born 11 August 1975) is a Russian-born film director, screenwriter, film producer and member of the European Film Academy.
His father Andrei Khrzhano ...
. Married to philologist, editor and script doctor Maria Neyman. People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...
(2011).
Career
He rose to prominence in the west with his 2009 picture ''Room and a Half
''Room and a Half'' ( Russian: ''Полторы комнаты, или сентиментальное путешествие на родину'') is a 2009 Russian biographical film. It won three Nika Awards, including Best Film, Best Director ( ...
'' starring Grigory Dityatkovsky, Sergei Yursky, Alisa Freindlich
Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (russian: Алиса Бруновна Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading ac ...
) about Joseph Brodsky
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist.
Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, ...
. 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.
Filmography (selection)
*''Glass Harmonica'' (1968, short film, russian: Стеклянная гармоника)/ref> *''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
''Room and a Half'' ( Russian: ''Полторы комнаты, или сентиментальное путешествие на родину'') is a 2009 Russian biographical film. It won three Nika Awards, including Best Film, Best Director ( ...
'' (2009, russian: Полторы комнаты)
References
External links
*''The Glass Harmonica'' on Open Culture
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khrzhanovsky, Andrei 1939 births Living people Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni People's Artists of Russia Recipients of the Nika Award State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Russian animated film directors Russian animated film producers Russian animators Russian film directors Soviet animation directors Soviet animators Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine