Aleksandr Petrov

Aleksandr Petrov. Director: Mermaid. He studied art at VGIK (state institute of cinema and TV). He was a disciple of Yuri Norstein at the Advanced School for screenwriters and directors (Moscow). After making his first films in Russia, in Canada he adapted the novel The Old Man and the Sea (1999), resulting in a 20-minute animated short - the first large-format animated film ever made. Technically impressive, the film is made...