Alexander Rou

Alexander Arturovich Rou (also, Rowe, from his Irish father's name) (Russian: Александр Артурович Роу, 24 February [O.S. 11 February] 1906 – 28 December 1973) was a Soviet film director, and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1968). He worked primarily in the fairy-tale genre.

He was born to an Irish father (Arthur Rowe), hence his unusual (for Russia) family name, and a Greek mother.

Starting in 1930, he worked at Mezhrabpomfilm as an assistant director to Yakov Protazanov on the films Marionettes (1934) and Without Dowry (1937), as well as with other directors.

From 1937, he worked at the "Soyuzdetfilm" studio, later known as the Gorky Film Studio.

• 1938 - Wish upon a Pike
• 1939 - Vasilisa the Beautiful
• 1941 - The Humpbacked Horse
• 1944 - Kashchey the Deathless
• 1953 - May Nights
• 1958 - New Adventures of Puss in the Boots
• 1959 - The Magic Weaver (Maria the Wonderful Weaver)
• 1960 - Cinderella
• 1961 - Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
• 1963 - Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors
• 1964 - Jack Frost
• 1968 - Through Fire, Water, and... Brass Pipes
• 1969 - Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair
• 1973 - The Golden Horns (Baba Yaga)