Francheska Yarbusova

Personal Info

Known For Art

Gender Female

Birthday 1942-10-13 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Also Known As Франческа Ярбусова, Francheska Alfredovna Yarbusova, Ф. Ярбусова

Francheska Yarbusova

Biography

Francheska Alfredovna Yarbusova (Russian: Франче́ска Альфре́довна Я́рбусова; born 13 October 1942), often credited as F. Yarbusova, is a Russian artist and the wife and collaborator of Yuri Norstein. Her father was Alfred L. Yarbus, a scientist famous for understanding how eye movements help us explore images. Born in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, Yarbusova received a degree in film animation from VGIK in 1967, after which she began working for Soyuzmultfilm in the roles of art director or artist. She debuted as art director in the film A Little Locomotive from Romashkovo, directed by Vladimir Degtyaryov, in 1967. She did also work on other films such as A White Skin and Plasticine Hedgehog, but is primarily known for her work as the art director and artist in the films of Yuri Norstein, beginning with The Battle of Kerzhenets in 1971. She is currently working with her husband on an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's Overcoat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Francheska Yarbusova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Art

2017
1979
Tale of Tales

as Art Direction

1975
Hedgehog in the Fog

as Art Direction

1974
The Heron and the Crane

as Art Direction

1973
The Fox and the Hare

as Art Direction

1969
Plasticine Hedgehog

as Art Direction

1968
White Skin

as Art Direction

1966
Go There, Don't Know Where

as Background Designer

1965

Visual Effects

The Overcoat

as Animation

1971
The Battle of Kerzhenets

as Key Animation