Alexandre Alexeieff
Known for
Directing
Born
August 1, 1901
Birthplace
Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]
Died
August 9, 1982 (aged 81)
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.
Best known work
Filmography
TBA
SmokeDirector
2024
Why Pinscreen?as Archive footage
2009
Jacques Drouin: In Reliefas Archive Footage
2002
Dreams about Alfeonias Self (archive footage)
1980
Three MoodsWriter, Director
1973
1972
Pictures at an ExhibitionDirector
1963
The NoseDirector
1962
The TrialAnimation
1962
1960
At the PinboardDirector
1960
Études des solides illusoiresDirector
1957
CocinorDirector
1956
OsramDirector
1955
La sève de la terreDirector
1954
Pure BeautyDirector
1951
Essais pendulairesDirector
1943
En passantDirector
1943
En passant: Making ofDirector
1943
Chants populaires nº 5Director
1939
Pulling Four NeedlesDirector
1939
AromaDirector
1939
About GoldDirector
1939
JaffaDirector
1939
Card GameDirector








