Alexander Alexeieff
Birth : 1901-08-01, Kazan, Russian Empire [now Tatarstan, Russia]
Death : 1982-08-09
History
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.
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The last film made by Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker. Trois thèmes was made on the pinscreen, and first shown in Milan, Italy, in March 1980. It was based on three works by Mussorgsky.
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The last film made by Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker. Trois thèmes was made on the pinscreen, and first shown in Milan, Italy, in March 1980. It was based on three works by Mussorgsky.
Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows.
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Based on Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. This film used two pinscreens. In front of the main pinscreen, they installed a second, smaller one. This second pinscreen could be rotated thus giving more of an illusion of three-dimensionality
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A study in pins of a man who loses his nose which becomes a personality in its own right.
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Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason for this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the façade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this Kafkaesque nightmare.
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An abstract animation made for L'Oreal.
Alexandre Alexeieff and wife Claire Parker demonstrate and comment on animation techniques used to create illustrations for books like Zhivago and films such as The Nose and Night on Bald Mountain
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Alexandre Alexeieff and wife Claire Parker demonstrate and comment on animation techniques used to create illustrations for books like Zhivago and films such as The Nose and Night on Bald Mountain
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An abstract animation made for Renault.
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An abstract animation made for Regie des Tabacs.
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An abstract animation made for L'Oreal.
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An abstract animation made for L'Oreal.
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An abstract animation made for Nescafé.
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An abstract animation made for Cocinor.
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An abstract animation made for Blizzand.
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An abstract animation made for Osram.
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An abstract animation made for Bendix.
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An abstract animation made for Esso.
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An abstract animation for Brun.
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An abstract animation made for Ultra Therma.
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A lyrical composition of sculptural fragments of the body is celebrated for its precise framing, editing and animation techniques that explores the connections between abstract shapes, sensuality, and erotic attraction.
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An abstract animation made for Van der Elst.
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An abstract animation made for Van der Elst.
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A short animated film.
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An advertisement for Jaffa brand oranges.
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An advertisement for Creme Simon brand cosmetics.
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An advertisement for Sigrand brand Menswear.
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An advertisement for Franck Aroma brand coffee.
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An advertisement for Huilor brand Cooking oil.
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An advertisement for Nestor Martin's foundry.
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An advertisement for Gaine Roussel brand lingerie.
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An advertisement made for Balatum brand linoleum.
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An animation by Alexander Alexeieff
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An advertisement for Evian brand mineral water.
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An advertisement for Cenra brand Wrapping Paper.
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An advertisement for Davros brand cigarettes.
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An advertisement for Creme Simon brand cosmetics.
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An advertisement for Lingner brand Toilet Paper.
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An animation made for Radio Löwe
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The tale of Sleeping Beauty recreated through stop motion animation
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An advertisement for Creme Simon brand cosmetics.
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An advertisement for Levitan brand furniture.
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A hat advertisement for Sools by animators Claire Parker and Alexandre Alexeieff
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Mussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?
