About

Known credits:
75
Birthday:
1939-11-30
Place of birth:
Moscow, USSR (Russia)
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Andrey Khrzhanovsky

Overview

Andrey Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939, Moscow) is a Russian animator, documaker, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He is the father of director Ilya Khrzhanovsky (1975).

His parents met in Irkutsk, and after the revolution they moved to Leningrad after mother's brothers. There, his father, who performed in the divertissement genre, became close to the actor Erast Garin and his wife Hesya Lokshina, who, after moving to Moscow, made every effort to make the Khrzhanovsky family follow them. They settled in Mansurovsky lane, and a year later the couple had a son, Andrey.

In 1962, he graduated from "VGIK" (workshop of Lev Kuleshov and Alexandra Khokhlova). According to Hrzhanovsky, he was brought to "Soyuzmultfilm" by a case: due to the large number of graduates of the directing faculty, the only way to make a diploma film without spending years waiting for their turn was to shoot non-fiction films at the studio. The cartoon "There Lived Kozyavin" (1966) was not allowed to be defended because of suspicions of surrealism until the head of the Department Sergey Gerasimov defined it as "our, socialist surrealism". Khrzhanovsky describes his next cartoon, "The Glass Harmonica" (1968), as "the story of today... about the power of money over our souls, about a culture that is silenced". The film was handed over to the management on the day when the Soviet troops entered Prague. As a result, he was put "on the shelf", and the director was handed a summons to the army the next day and assigned to the Navy with the rank of platoon commander of a battery of rocket launchers. Khrzhanovsky decided to "see the world" and moved to an infantry company heading to the war zone, where he served for two years. During the perestroika period, when the screening of "shelf" films became one of the program points of the new leadership of the Union of Cinematographers, it suddenly became clear that there was not enough film for the circulation of "Harmonica", and the premiere was postponed again. Among his works, he highlights "Pushkiniana" - cartoons based on the works of Alexander Pushkin "In the World of the Fables"(1973) and "It's a Wonderful Day" (1975), as well as the biographical trilogy "I Am Tlying to You as a Memory..." (1977), "With You I Am Again..." (1980) and "Autumn" (1982) based on drawings and drafts of the poet, in 1987 combined into one full-length film "My Favorite Time". In addition, he owns films based on drawings by Sergei Barkhin ("The Lion with the White Beard", 1995), Federico Fellini ("The Long Yourney", 1997), and Joseph Brodsky ("A Cat and a Half", 2002). Subsequently, the idea was developed in the full-length film "A Room and a Half" (2009). All four films were awarded the Nika film awards, as well as various international awards.

From 1988 to 1990, Hrzhanovsky headed the creative association "Search" at Soyuzmultfilm, and was a member of the Studio's Artistic Council. Since 1982, he has been teaching at "VGIK", head of the department of animated film directing. In 1993, together with Eduard Nazarov, Yuri Norstein and Fyodor Khitruk, he organized the "SHAR School-Studio" for the production of cartoons and training of professional animators, where he holds the positions of artistic director, chairman of the board of founders and teacher of directing.

Known for

Acting
2021 The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks Actor 59
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2009 A Room and a Half Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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1997 The Spirit of Genius - Fedor Khitruk and His Films Actor Self N/A
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Directing
2021 The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks Directing Director 59
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2011 Day-Raphael Directing Director N/A
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2009 A Room and a Half Directing Director 59
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2003 A Cat and a Half Directing Director 59
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2000 Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 2 Directing Director N/A
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2000 Masters of Russian Animation - Volume 1 Directing Director N/A
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1999 «Pushkin» is Allowed to Take Off Directing Director N/A
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1999 Tonino Guerra. Meetings with Pushkin Directing Director N/A
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1997 Oleg Kagan. Life After Life Directing Director N/A
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1997 The Long Yourney Directing Director N/A
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1995 The Lion with the White Beard Directing Director 58
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1990 School of Fine Arts Directing Director N/A
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1990 School of Fine Arts. Return Directing Director N/A
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1987 School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape Directing Director 59
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1987 My Favorite Time Directing Director N/A
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1985 The King's Sandwich Directing Director 58
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1982 Autumn Directing Director N/A
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1980 With You I Am Again... Directing Director 59
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1978 Miracles in the Sieve Directing Director 58
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1977 I Am Flying to You as a Memory... Directing Director 59
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1976 The House That Jack Built Directing Director 59
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1975 It's a Wonderful Day Directing Director N/A
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1973 In the World of the Fables Directing Director 58
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1972 Butterfly Directing Director 59
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1970 Armoire Directing Director 58
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1968 The Glass Harmonica Directing Director 58
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1966 There Lived Kozyavin Directing Director 58
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1959 Traces are Erased from the Stones Directing Director N/A
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Through the Magic Crystal Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks Writing Screenplay 59
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2011 Day-Raphael Writing Screenplay N/A
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2009 A Room and a Half Writing Writer 59
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2003 A Cat and a Half Writing Screenplay 59
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1997 Oleg Kagan. Life After Life Writing Screenplay N/A
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1997 The Long Yourney Writing Screenplay N/A
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1990 School of Fine Arts Writing Screenplay N/A
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1990 School of Fine Arts. Return Writing Screenplay N/A
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1987 School of Fine Arts. Juniper Landscape Writing Screenplay 59
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1987 My Favorite Time Writing Screenplay N/A
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1985 The King's Sandwich Writing Screenplay 58
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1984 The Firebird Writing Writer 59
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1984 Your Loving Friend Writing Screenplay N/A
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1982 Autumn Writing Screenplay N/A
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1980 Wonders Writing Screenplay N/A
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1980 With You I Am Again... Writing Screenplay 59
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1978 Miracles in the Sieve Writing Screenplay 58
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1977 I Am Flying to You as a Memory... Writing Screenplay 59
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1976 The House That Jack Built Writing Screenplay 59
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1975 It's a Wonderful Day Writing Screenplay N/A
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1973 In the World of the Fables Writing Screenplay 58
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Production
2021 Snails Breakfast Production Producer N/A
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2021 Fish-Woman Production Producer 59
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2021 Vadim on a Walk Production Producer 59
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2021 The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks Production Producer 59
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2020 Cornstalk Production Producer N/A
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2020 Wet Socks of Bertha Reise Production Producer N/A
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2020 Urban Goat Production Producer N/A
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2020 The Mistress Of The Copper Mountain Production Producer N/A
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2019 Butterflies Production Producer N/A
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2018 Lola the Living Potato Production Producer N/A
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2018 Sur. Faces Production Producer N/A
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2009 A Room and a Half Production Producer 59
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2003 A Cat and a Half Production Producer 59
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1999 Autumn Came Production Producer N/A
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1997 The Long Yourney Production Producer N/A
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1995 The Lion with the White Beard Production Producer 58
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1972 Butterfly Production Production Manager 59
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1970 Armoire Production Production Manager 58
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Art
2003 The Dog, the General, and the Birds Art Art Direction 59
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1988 Kele Art Supervising Art Director 58
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1987 My Favorite Time Art Production Design N/A
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Camera
2021 The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks Camera Director of Photography 59
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