Sergey Obraztsov
Directing · Director · Writer · Screenplay
Born Jul 5, 1901
Active 1940–1992 · Awards: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
Sergey Vladimirovich Obraztsov was a Soviet and Russian puppeteer who is credited by the Encyclopædia Britannica with "establishing puppetry as an art form in the Soviet Union." Puppet theaters in many countries owe their establishment to…
Filmography
Concert on the Screen (1940)The Divine Comedy (1973) — DirectorAn Unusual Concert (1972) — Director · ScreenplayThe Celestial Creature (1956) — Director · WriterAladdin and His Magic Lamp (1974) — DirectorOur Chukokkala (1975) — Director · WriterNoah's Ark (1976) — DirectorParsley the Foreigner (1977) — DirectorMiracle on the Thread (1985)Tale of the Penguins (1958) — Narrator (voice)Mr. Twister (1977) — Narrator · Stage DirectorThe Rabbit School (1971) — Director50 Years of Sergei Obraztsov's Puppet Theater (1981)The Magic Galosh (1970) — WriterFolly Bears (1973) — DirectorAt the Pike's Behest (1984) — DirectorDon Juan (1976) — DirectorIn the Doll Land (1941) — Creative ProducerPuss in Boots (1979) — DirectorWho Needs This Vaska Anyway! (1973) — Director · WriterBuratino (1985) — DirectorThe Mysterious Hippopotamus (1983) — DirectorSoldier and Witch (1970) — Producer