Aleksandr Petrov
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-07-17 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Prechistoye, Yaroslavl Oblast, USSR [now Russia]
Also known As
アレクサンドル・ペトロフ
Александр Петров
Alexander Petrov
Alexandr Petrov
А. Петров
Aleksandr Petrov
Biography
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Petrov (Александр Константинович Петров) (born 17 July 1957 in Prechistoye, Yaroslavl Oblast) is a Russian animator and animation director. Petrov was born in the village of Prechistoye (Yaroslavl Oblast) and lives in Yaroslavl. He studied art at VGIK (state institute of cinema and TV) and was a disciple of Yuriy Norshteyn at Moscow's Advanced School for Screenwriters and Directors. After making his first films in Russia he moved to Canada where he adapted the novel The Old Man and the Sea, resulting in a 20-minute animated short — the first large-format animated film ever made. Technically impressive, the film is ...
Acting
Production
1997
as Animation
1997
as Art Direction
1999
as Storyboard Artist
1999
as Director
2006
as Director
1991
as Set Designer
1989
as Director
1989
as Animation
2010
as Producer
1992
as Director
1997
as Director
2010
as Director
1989
as Screenplay
1989
as Writer
2006
as Screenplay
1988
as Director
1986
as Art Direction
1985
as Art Direction
1984
as Art Direction
1999
as Art Direction
1999
as Animation
1999
as Screenplay
1995
as Director
1992
as Screenplay
2003
as Director
2016
2016
as Animation
1997
as Writer
1988
as Animation
2010
as Director
2015
as Director
1989
as Art Direction
1989
as Animation
2014
as Director
1989
as Storyboard Artist
2006
as Writer
2006
as Production Design
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