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.
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Movies (50)
Dreams about Alfeoni
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Three Moods
Writer (Writing)
1980
Pinscreen
1973
Pictures at an Exhibition
Director (Directing)
1972
The Nose
Director (Directing)
1963
The Trial
Animation (Visual Effects)
1962
Alexeïeff at Work on 'The Nose': Rushes
as Self
1962
Water
Director (Directing)
1961
At the Pinboard
1960
Études des solides illusoires
Director (Directing)
1960
Constance
Director (Directing)
1958
Divertissement
Director (Directing)
1958
Anonymous
Director (Directing)
1958
Automation
Director (Directing)
1958
Cocinor
Director (Directing)
1957
100%
Director (Directing)
1957
Four Seasons
Director (Directing)
1956
Mr. X's Bath
Director (Directing)
1956
Osram
Director (Directing)
1956
The Sap of the Earth
Director (Directing)
1955
Pure Beauty
Director (Directing)
1954
Nocturne
Director (Directing)
1954
Rhymes
Director (Directing)
1954
Masks
Director (Directing)
1953
Smoked
Director (Directing)
1952
Essais pendulaires
Director (Directing)
1951
En passant
Director (Directing)
1943
En passant: Making of
Director (Directing)
1943
Chants populaires nº 5
Director (Directing)
1943
Pulling Four Needles
Director (Directing)
1939
Aroma
Director (Directing)
1939
About Gold
Director (Directing)
1939
Jaffa
Director (Directing)
1939
Card Game
Director (Directing)
1939
Study on the Harmony of Lines
Director (Directing)
1938
Great Fires
Director (Directing)
1938
Huilor, de l'or
Director (Directing)
1937
The Artist's Palette
Director (Directing)
1937
Evian
Director (Directing)
1937
New Stars
Director (Directing)
1937
Deux amies
Director (Directing)
1936
Cenra
Director (Directing)
1936
Naissance de Vénus
Director (Directing)
1936
Davros Ronde
Director (Directing)
1936
Lingner Werke
Director (Directing)
1936
Opta empfängt
Director (Directing)
1936
Sleeping Beauty
Director (Directing)
1935
Parade of Hats
Director (Directing)
1935
The Throne of France
Director (Directing)
1935
The Two Armies
Director (Directing)
1935