Director

Alexandre Alexeieff

Directing

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Directed movies: 26Directed series: 0All crew credits: 27

TMDB ID: 1089247

IMDb ID: nm0018944

Known for: Directing

Born: August 1, 1901

Died: August 9, 1982

Age: 81

Place of birth: Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1933 - 2024

Years active: 92

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q568102

Also known as

Alexandre Alexeieff • Alexandre Alexieff • Александр Алексеев • Alexander Alexeïeff

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Director (26)Animation (1)

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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.

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