Short Stories by Yuriy Norshteyn

Yuriy Norshteyn is a Russian animator born in 1941. He has directed 20 short stories created through stop motion, Norshteyn directed his first film in 1968 and made a series of short films notable for their attention to atmosphere and fine detail. Norshteyn uses a special technique in his animation, involving multiple glass planes to give his animation a three dimentional look. The camera is placed at the top looking down on a series of glass planes about a meter deep. The individual glass planes can move horizontally as well as toward and away from the camera to give the effect of a character moving closer or further away. In 1979 it was said his short film 'Tale of Tales' was the best animated video of all time. Here I have included some of his videos: