Alexandre Alexeieff
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-08-01
Day of Death
1982-08-09 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]
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.
Acting
(2002)
Dreams about Alfeoni
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
(1960)
Crew
(1980)
Three Moods
Writer, Director
(1972)
Pictures at an Exhibition
Director
(1963)
The Nose
Director
(1962)
The Trial
Animation
(1961)
Water
Director
(1960)
Études des solides illusoires
Director
(1960)
À Propos De Jivago
Director
(1958)
Constance
Director
(1958)
Anonymous
Director
(1958)
Divertissement
Director
(1958)
Automation
Director
(1957)
Cocinor
Director
(1957)
100%
Director
(1956)
Mr. X's Bath
Director
(1956)
Osram
Director
(1956)
Four seasons
Director
(1955)
The Sap of the Earth
Director
(1954)
Pure Beauty
Director
(1954)
Nocturne
Director
(1954)
Rhymes
Director
(1953)
Masks
Director
(1952)
Smoked
Director
(1951)
Essais pendulaires
Director
(1943)
En passant
Director
(1943)
Chants populaires nº 5
Director
(1939)
About Gold
Director
(1939)
Aroma
Director
(1939)
Pulling Four Needles
Director
(1939)
Card Game
Director
(1939)
Jaffa
Director
(1938)
Study on the Harmony of Lines
Director
(1938)
Great Fires
Director
(1937)
Huilor, de l'or
Director
(1937)
Evian
Director
(1937)
New Stars
Director
(1937)
The Artist's Palette
Director
(1936)
Deux amies
Director
(1936)
Opta empfängt
Director
(1936)
Lingner Werke
Director
(1936)
Naissance de Vénus
Director
(1936)
Davros Ronde
Director
(1936)
Cenra
Director
(1935)
Parade of Hats
Director
(1935)
Sleeping Beauty
Director
(1935)
The Throne of France
Director
(1935)
The Two Armies
Director
(1933)
A Night on Bald Mountain
Director