
Person
Francheska Yarbusova
Art · Born 1942-10-13 · Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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

Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat
Herself

Hedgehog in the Fog
Art Direction
Plasticine Hedgehog
Art Direction

Tale of Tales
Art Direction
White Skin
Art Direction

Go There, Don't Know Where
Background Designer

The Heron and the Crane
Art Direction

The Battle of Kerzhenets
Key Animation

The Fox and the Hare
Art Direction

How One Peasant Fed Two Generals
Property Master
Filmography
- 2021The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film
- 2019Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the OvercoatHerself
- 2017The Films of Yuri NorsteinArt Direction
- 1979Tale of TalesArt Direction
- 1975Hedgehog in the FogArt Direction
- 1974The Heron and the CraneArt Direction
- 1973The Fox and the HareArt Direction
- 1971The Battle of KerzhenetsKey Animation
- 1971Мячик и мальчикArt Direction
- 1969Plasticine HedgehogArt Direction
- 1968White SkinArt Direction
- 1966Go There, Don't Know WhereBackground Designer
- 1965How One Peasant Fed Two GeneralsProperty Master
- —The OvercoatAnimation
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