Yuriy Norshteyn: Jewish - Russian animator who worked at
SoyuzmultfilmFrom Wikipedia:
Norshteyn uses a special technique in his
animation, involving multiple glass planes to give his animation a
three-dimensional look. The camera is placed at the top looking down on a series of glass planes about a meter deep (one every 25–30 cm). The individual glass planes can move horizontally as well as toward and away from the camera (to give the effect of a character moving closer or further away).
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