Alexandre Alexeieff

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Alexandre Alexeieff

Directing August 1, 1901

Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]

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 prolog…

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The Trial

The Trial

7.4 1962 Movie
A Night on Bald Mountain

A Night on Bald Mountain

6.3 1933 Movie
The Nose

The Nose

6.5 1963 Movie
New Stars

New Stars

1937 Movie
En passant

En passant

7.4 1943 Movie
Pinscreen

Pinscreen

6.2 1973 Movie
Essais pendulaires

Essais pendulaires

1951 Movie
Why Pinscreen?

Why Pinscreen?

2024 Movie
Cocinor

Cocinor

6.0 1957 Movie
Opta empfängt

Opta empfängt

1936 Movie
Pure Beauty

Pure Beauty

1954 Movie
Osram

Osram

1956 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Why Pinscreen?

    Movie Archive footage

  2. 2009
    Jacques Drouin: In Relief

    Movie Archive Footage

  3. 2002
    Dreams about Alfeoni

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1980
    Three Moods

    Movie Writer

  5. 1973
    Pinscreen

    Movie

  6. 1972
    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Movie Director

  7. 1963
    The Nose

    Movie Director

  8. 1962
    The Trial

    Movie Animation

  9. 1962
    Alexeïeff at Work on 'The Nose': Rushes

    Movie Self

  10. 1960
    At the Pinboard

    Movie

  11. 1960
    Études des solides illusoires

    Movie Director

  12. 1957
    Cocinor

    Movie Director

  13. 1956
    Osram

    Movie Director

  14. 1955
    La sève de la terre

    Movie Director

  15. 1954
    Pure Beauty

    Movie Director

  16. 1951
    Essais pendulaires

    Movie Director

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  1. 1943
    En passant

    Movie Director

  2. 1943
    En passant: Making of

    Movie Director

  3. 1943
    Chants populaires nº 5

    Movie Director

  4. 1939
    Aroma

    Movie Director

  5. 1939
    Jaffa

    Movie Director

  6. 1939
    Pulling Four Needles

    Movie Director

  7. 1939
    Card Game

    Movie Director

  8. 1939
    About Gold

    Movie Director

  9. 1938
    Great Fires

    Movie Director

  10. 1938
    Study on the Harmony of Lines

    Movie Director

  11. 1937
    New Stars

    Movie Director

  12. 1937
    Evian

    Movie Director

  13. 1937
    Huilor, de l'or

    Movie Director

  14. 1937
    The Artist's Palette

    Movie Director

  15. 1936
    Deux amies

    Movie Director

  16. 1936
    Lingner Werke

    Movie Director

  17. 1936
    Davros Ronde

    Movie Director

  18. 1936
    Opta empfängt

    Movie Director

  19. 1936
    Cenra

    Movie Director

  20. 1936
    Naissance de Vénus

    Movie Director

  21. 1935
    Sleeping Beauty

    Movie Director

  22. 1935
    Parade of Hats

    Movie Director

  23. 1935
    The Throne of France

    Movie Director

  24. 1935
    The Two Armies

    Movie Director