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Władysław Starewicz

Władysław Starewicz

Wladyslaw Starewicz

1882 – 1965·Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Władysław Starewicz (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич; August 8, 1882 – February 26, 1965) was a Polish-Russian stop-motion animator notable as the author of the first puppet-animated film The Beautiful Leukanida (1912). He also used dead insects and other animals as protagonists of his films. Following the Russian Revolution, Starevich settled in France.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Ladislas Starevich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

The Cameraman's Revenge

The Cameraman's Revenge

1912
No Poster

The Lily of Belgium

1915
The Portrait

The Portrait

1915