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Quirino Cristiani

Quirino Cristiani

Known for

Directing

Born

July 1, 1896

Birthplace

Santa Giuletta, Lombardy, Italy

Died

August 2, 1984 (aged 88)

Biography

Quirino Cristiani was an Italian-Argentine cartoonist and animation director, creator of the first two animated feature films and the world's first animated feature film with sound.

Best known work

The Watchmaker Monkey

The Watchmaker Monkey

1938
Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies

Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies

2007
Those Who Flirt

Those Who Flirt

1919
Without a Trace

Without a Trace

1918
Between Whistles and Flutes

Between Whistles and Flutes

1941
The intervention in the Buenos Aires province

The intervention in the Buenos Aires province

1916
Carbonada

Carbonada

1943
The Apostle

The Apostle

1917
Firpo-Dempsey

Firpo-Dempsey

1923
Firpo-Brennan

Firpo-Brennan

1923

Filmography

  1. 2007

    Quirino Cristiani: The Mystery of the First Animated Movies

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 1943

    Carbonada

    Director

  3. 1941

  4. 1938

  5. 1931

    Peludo City

    Director

  6. 1930

  7. 1925

    Rhinoplastia

    Director

  8. 1925

    Gastronomía

    Director

  9. 1924

    Uruguayos Forever

    Director, Writer

  10. 1924

    Humberto de Garufa

    Director, Writer

  11. 1923

    Firpo-Dempsey

    Writer, Director

  12. 1923

    Firpo-Brennan

    Director, Writer

  13. 1919

    Cortos para el Film Revista Valle

    Director, Animation, Screenplay

  14. 1919

  15. 1918

  16. 1917

    The Apostle

    Animation, Writer, Director

  17. 1916

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