Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 01, 1901
Died
Aug 09, 1982
Place of Birth
Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]
Credits
42 titles
Alexandre Alexeieff
Biography
Russian-born French experimental short artist who with his wife, American-born Claire Parker, invented the pinscreen animation technique. He is most known for designing the prologue sequence for Orson Welles's The Trial. He grew up in Constantinople, then the Ottoman Empire. His landmark work, Night on Bald Mountain (1933) was a fusion of musical piece and imagery, seven years before Wait Disney attempted the same piece as part of Fantasia (1940). Two years later he would produce the first promotional film in France made in color.
Known For
Filmography
Why Pinscreen?
Archive footage
Jacques Drouin: In Relief
Archive Footage
Dreams about Alfeoni
Self (archive footage)
Three Moods
Writer
Pinscreen
Pictures at an Exhibition
Director
The Nose
Director
The Trial
Animation
Alexeïeff at Work on 'The Nose': Rushes
Self
At the Pinboard
Études des solides illusoires
Director
Cocinor
Director
Osram
Director
La sève de la terre
Director
Pure Beauty
Director
Essais pendulaires
Director
En passant
Director
En passant: Making of
Director
Chants populaires nº 5
Director
Aroma
Director
Jaffa
Director
About Gold
Director
Pulling Four Needles
Director
Card Game
Director
Great Fires
Director
Study on the Harmony of Lines
Director
New Stars
Director
Evian
Director
Huilor, de l'or
Director
The Artist's Palette
Director
Lingner Werke
Director
Deux amies
Director
Davros Ronde
Director
Naissance de Vénus
Director
Opta empfängt
Director
Cenra
Director
Sleeping Beauty
Director
The Two Armies
Director
Parade of Hats
Director
The Throne of France
Director
A Night on Bald Mountain
Director
Smoke
Director