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
all 51
Movies 51
Director 44
self 5
Self (archive footage)
![Dreams about Alfeoni](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/556453-dreams-of-alpheoni.webp)
Dreams about Alfeoni (2002)
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Lenz
![Lenz](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/335960-lenz.webp)
Lenz (1981)
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![Three Moods](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Three Moods (1980)
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Director
![The Nose](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Nose (1963)
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Animation
![The Trial](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/10976-the-trial.webp)
The Trial (1962)
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![Water](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567650-water.webp)
Water (1961)
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Director
![Anonymous](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567737-anonymous.webp)
Anonymous (1958)
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![Constance](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567689-constance.webp)
Constance (1958)
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![Divertissement](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567611-divertissement.webp)
Divertissement (1958)
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![Automation](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567561-automation.webp)
Automation (1958)
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![100%](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567783-100.webp)
100% (1957)
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Director
![Cocinor](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567682-cocinor.webp)
Cocinor (1957)
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![Mr. X's Bath](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567523-mr-x-s-bath.webp)
Mr. X's Bath (1956)
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![Osram](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567628-osram.webp)
Osram (1956)
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Director
![Four seasons](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567602-four-seasons.webp)
Four seasons (1956)
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Director
![The Sap of the Earth](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567716-the-sap-of-the-earth.webp)
The Sap of the Earth (1955)
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![Nocturne](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567792-nocturne.webp)
Nocturne (1954)
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![Pure Beauty](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/395041-pure-beaute.webp)
Pure Beauty (1954)
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![Rhymes](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567784-rhymes.webp)
Rhymes (1954)
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![Masks](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/567709-masks.webp)
Masks (1953)
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![Smoked](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/681352-smoked.webp)
Smoked (1952)
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![Essais pendulaires](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Essais pendulaires (1951)
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![En passant](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/136246-en-passant.webp)
En passant (1943)
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![Jaffa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Jaffa (1939)
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![About Gold](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
About Gold (1939)
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Director
![Card Game](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Card Game (1939)
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Director
![Pulling Four Needles](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Pulling Four Needles (1939)
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![Aroma](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Aroma (1939)
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Director
![Great Fires](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Great Fires (1938)
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![Huilor, de l'or](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Huilor, de l'or (1937)
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![The Artist's Palette](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Artist's Palette (1937)
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Director
![New Stars](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/681343-new-stars.webp)
New Stars (1937)
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![Evian](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Evian (1937)
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![Deux amies](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Deux amies (1936)
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![Cenra](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Cenra (1936)
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![Davros Ronde](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Davros Ronde (1936)
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![Naissance de Vénus](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Naissance de Vénus (1936)
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![Lingner Werke](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Lingner Werke (1936)
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![Opta empfängt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
Opta empfängt (1936)
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Director
![Sleeping Beauty](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/251565-sleeping-beauty.webp)
Sleeping Beauty (1935)
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![Parade of Hats](https://images.moviefit.me/t/b/217972-parade-of-hats.webp)
Parade of Hats (1935)
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Director
![The Two Armies](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Two Armies (1935)
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Director
![The Throne of France](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/b.webp)
The Throne of France (1935)
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1901-04-18
Deathday1982-08-09 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceKazan, Russia
RelationshipsAleksandra Grinevskaya (1923 - 1941), Claire Parker (1941 - 1981)
ChildrenSvetlana Rockwell
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, France
ResidencesCanada, Canada, United States of America · United States, United States of America, Paris, France, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Istanbul, Turkey
Also Known AsAlexandre Alexeieff, Alexandre Alexieff, Александр Алексеев, Alexander Alexeïeff
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