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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Three Moods
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1980
Three Moods
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Pictures at an Exhibition
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1972
The Nose
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1963
The Trial
Role: Animation
MOVIE • 1962
Water
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1961
À Propos De Jivago
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1960
Études des solides illusoires
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1960
Anonymous
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
Constance
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
Divertissement
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
Automation
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
100%
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957
Cocinor
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957
Four seasons
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
Osram
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
Mr. X's Bath
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
The Sap of the Earth
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1955
Pure Beauty
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1954
Rhymes
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1954