Alexandre Alexeieff

Born: 1901-08-01

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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Dreams about Alfeoni

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-04-30

Alexander Alekseev, Alyosha, Alfeoni ... artist, animator, inventor. The author of "Night on...

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Pinscreen

as uncredited
Released: 1973-05-12

Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out...

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