Alexandre Alexeieff

  • Known for: Director
  • Date of birth: 1901. August 1.
  • Place of birth: 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...

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