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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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: August 01, 1901

Deathday: August 09, 1982

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Dreams about Alfeoni

2002-04-30

Overview: Alexander Alekseev, Alyosha, Alfeoni ... artist, animator, inventor. The author of "Night on Bald Mountain" — one of the most mysterious films in the history of animation and the inventor of a unique device — a needle screen . He did the first color commercials and the prologue to the Orson Welles film "The Trial". He made dreams come true and subordinated reality to his own imagination.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: ru

Release Date: 2002-04-30

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Pinscreen

1973-05-12

Overview: Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows.

Genres: Documentary Animation

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1973-05-12

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À Propos De Jivago

1960-04-09

Overview: Alexandre Alexeieff and wife Claire Parker demonstrate and comment on animation techniques used to create illustrations for books like Zhivago and films such as The Nose and Night on Bald Mountain

Genres: Animation Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 1960-04-09

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