FILM DIRECTOR

Yuri Norstein

1941 - Today

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Yuri Borisovich Norstein (Russian: Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн; born 15 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales. Since 1981, he has been working on a feature film called The Overcoat, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuri Norstein has received more than 195,171 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Yuri Norstein is the 436th most popular film director (down from 390th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 707th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Film Director.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Yuri Norstein has had the most page views in the with 95,592 views, followed by English (41,165), and Japanese (10,202). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (332.06%), Chuvash (120.31%), and Malagasy (91.81%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Yuri Norstein ranks 436 out of 2,041. Before him are Maurice Pialat, David Yates, Takashi Miike, Walter Lantz, Bo Widerberg, and Delmer Daves. After him are Ariane Mnouchkine, Arthur Hiller, Thomas Vinterberg, Jacques Tourneur, Louis Feuillade, and Bertrand Blier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Yuri Norstein ranks 169. Before him are Maurice White, Reine Wisell, Aldrich Ames, Robert Guéï, Na Moon-hee, and Tom Fogerty. After him are Josep Maria Fusté, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Mariangela Melato, Federico Faggin, Jaan Kaplinski, and İdil Biret.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Norstein ranks 803 out of 3,761. Before him are Pavel Belyayev (1925), Andrey Arshavin (1981), Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891), Samuil Marshak (1887), Leonid Krasin (1870), and Pyotr Chaadayev (1794). After him are Nikolai Berzarin (1904), Arsen Kotsoyev (1872), Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (1827), Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894), Nikolai Severtzov (1827), and Alexander Rodimtsev (1905).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Russia

Among film directors born in Russia, Yuri Norstein ranks 14. Before him are Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Leonid Gaidai (1923), Elem Klimov (1933), Eldar Ryazanov (1927), Ladislas Starevich (1882), and Alexander Sokurov (1951). After him are Grigori Aleksandrov (1903), Gleb Panfilov (1934), Boris Barnet (1902), Mikhail Romm (1901), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), and Yakov Protazanov (1881).

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Filmography

The Heron and the Crane
Director
Animated short about a love between a heron and a crane.
Jan 1o 19757.016 / 10
Hedgehog in the Fog
Director
A little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect...
Oct 23o 19757.4 / 10
Tale of Tales
Director
Skazka Skazok (Tale of Tales) is a 27-minute animated short film, considered the masterpiece of influential Russian animator Yuri Norstein. Told in a non-narrative style by free association, the film employs various techniques including puppets, cut-outs, and traditional cell animation. Using classical music and '30s jazz tunes instead of dialogue.
Jan 5o 19797.35 / 10