Alexandre Alexeieff
Director · Actor · WriterRussian-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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- Three Moods
Three Moods
1980
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- Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition
1972
Director
The Nose
1963
Director
Études des solides illusoires
1960
Director
- At the Pinboard
At the Pinboard
1960
Director
Cocinor
1957
Director
Osram
1956
Director
- La sève de la terre
La sève de la terre
1955
Director
Pure Beauty
1954
Director
Essais pendulaires
1951
Director
En passant
1943
Director
Chants populaires nº 5
1943
Director
- En passant: Making of
En passant: Making of
1943
Director
- About Gold
About Gold
1939
Director
- Aroma
Aroma
1939
Director
- Pulling Four Needles
Pulling Four Needles
1939
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- Card Game
Card Game
1939
Director
- Jaffa
Jaffa
1939
Director
- Study on the Harmony of Lines
Study on the Harmony of Lines
1938
Director
- Great Fires
Great Fires
1938
Director
- Huilor, de l'or
Huilor, de l'or
1937
Director
- Evian
Evian
1937
Director
New Stars
1937
Director
- The Artist's Palette
The Artist's Palette
1937
Director
- Deux amies
Deux amies
1936
Director
Opta empfängt
1936
Director
- Lingner Werke
Lingner Werke
1936
Director
- Naissance de Vénus
Naissance de Vénus
1936
Director
- Davros Ronde
Davros Ronde
1936
Director
- Cenra
Cenra
1936
Director
Parade of Hats
1935
Director
Sleeping Beauty
1935
Director
- The Throne of France
The Throne of France
1935
Director
- The Two Armies
The Two Armies
1935
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A Night on Bald Mountain
1933
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