
Francheska Yarbusova
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Female
Birthday
1942-10-13 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2021)
(2019)
Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat
as Herself
Crew
The Overcoat
Animation
(2017)
The Films of Yuri Norstein
Art Direction
(1979)
Tale of Tales
Art Direction
(1975)
Hedgehog in the Fog
Art Direction
(1974)
The Heron and the Crane
Art Direction
(1973)
The Fox and the Hare
Art Direction
(1971)
The Battle of Kerzhenets
Key Animation
(1971)
Мячик и мальчик
Art Direction
(1969)
Plasticine Hedgehog
Art Direction
(1968)
White Skin
Art Direction
(1966)
Go There, Don't Know Where
Background Designer
(1965)
How One Peasant Fed Two Generals
Property Master