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.
Directed
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A Night on Bald Mountain (1933) — Director
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The Nose (1963) — Director
- Pictures at an Exhibition (1972) — Director
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En passant (1943) — Director
- Three Moods (1980) — Director
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Chants populaires nº 5 (1943) — Director
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Sleeping Beauty (1935) — Director
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Parade of Hats (1935) — Director
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Cocinor (1957) — Director
- La sève de la terre (1955) — Director
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Essais pendulaires (1951) — Director
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Études des solides illusoires (1960) — Director
- Deux amies (1936) — Director
- Huilor, de l'or (1937) — Director
- At the Pinboard (1960) — Director
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Pure Beauty (1954) — Director
- The Throne of France (1935) — Director
- The Two Armies (1935) — Director
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Opta empfängt (1936) — Director
- Lingner Werke (1936) — Director
- Naissance de Vénus (1936) — Director
- Davros Ronde (1936) — Director
- Cenra (1936) — Director
- Evian (1937) — Director
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New Stars (1937) — Director
- The Artist's Palette (1937) — Director
- Study on the Harmony of Lines (1938) — Director
- Great Fires (1938) — Director
- About Gold (1939) — Director
- Aroma (1939) — Director
- Pulling Four Needles (1939) — Director
- Card Game (1939) — Director
- Jaffa (1939) — Director
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Osram (1956) — Director
- En passant: Making of (1943) — Director
