Alexander Shiryaev
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1867-09-10
Day of Death
1941-04-25 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Alexander Shiryaev
Biography
Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.
Acting
(2004)
A Belated Premiere
as Self (archive footage)
(1906)
Crew
(1906)
Buffon Dance
Director, Animation
(1906)
Pierrot-artists
Director
(1905)
Birds in Flight
Director