Alexandre Alexeieff
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 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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Three Moods (1980)
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Pictures at an Exhibition (1972)
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The Nose (1963)
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The Trial (1962)
Animation
Water (1961)
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Études des solides illusoires (1960)
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Constance (1958)
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Anonymous (1958)
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Divertissement (1958)
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Automation (1958)
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Cocinor (1957)
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100% (1957)
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Mr. X's Bath (1956)
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Osram (1956)
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Four seasons (1956)
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The Sap of the Earth (1955)
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Pure Beauty (1954)
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Nocturne (1954)
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Rhymes (1954)
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Masks (1953)
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Smoked (1952)
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Essais pendulaires (1951)
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En passant (1943)
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Chants populaires nº 5 (1943)
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About Gold (1939)
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Aroma (1939)
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Pulling Four Needles (1939)
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Card Game (1939)
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Jaffa (1939)
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Study on the Harmony of Lines (1938)
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Great Fires (1938)
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Evian (1937)
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New Stars (1937)
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The Artist's Palette (1937)
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Huilor, de l'or (1937)
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Opta empfängt (1936)
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Lingner Werke (1936)
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Naissance de Vénus (1936)
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Davros Ronde (1936)
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Cenra (1936)
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Deux amies (1936)
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Sleeping Beauty (1935)
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Parade of Hats (1935)
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The Throne of France (1935)
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The Two Armies (1935)
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A Night on Bald Mountain (1933)
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