Andrei Khrzhanovsky

"Andrey Khrzhanovskiy" redirects here. For his grandson, a journalist and activist, see Andrey X.
In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yurievich and the family name is Khrzhanovsky.

Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (Russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич 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] Married to philologist, editor and script doctor Maria Neyman, he is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky. He was named People's Artist of Russia in 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]

Selected filmography

  • There Lived Kozyavin (1966, short film; Russian: Жил-был Козявин)
  • The Glass Harmonica (1968, short film; Russian: Стеклянная гармоника)[8]
  • Armoire (1970, short film; Russian: Шкаф)
  • The Butterfly (1972, short film; Russian: Бабочка)
  • A Fantastic Tale (1978; Russian: Чудеса в решете)
  • A Pushkin Trilogy (1986; Russian: Любимое моё время)
  • 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

  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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