Quirino Cristiani

Quirino Cristiani

Nacimiento : 1896-07-01, Santa Giuletta, Lombardy, Italy

Muerte : 1984-08-02

Historia

Quirino Cristiani was an Italian-Argentine cartoonist and animation director, creator of the first two animated feature films and the world's first animated feature film with sound.

Perfil

Quirino Cristiani

Películas

El mono relojero
Director
Adaptación de Eleazar P. Maestre sobre el cuento El mono relojero de Vigil . Fue la primera película animada de Argentina con sonido óptico.
Peludópolis
Director
The story of Argentine President Hipolito Yrigoyen's corrupt government and its overthrow by a military coup. Yrigoyen floats around in his boat Peludo City (which represented Argentina) while constantly being harassed by hungry sharks (the Radicals). The film was released with a Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronization system soundtrack, making the film generally credited as the first animated feature film with sound. It is now considered a lost film, along with several of Cristiani's films which were destroyed in fires in 1957 and 1961.
Gastronomía
Director
A 1925 animated short film.
Rhinoplastia
Director
A 1925 animated short film.
Humberto de Garufa
Director
A 1924 animated short film.
Humberto de Garufa
Writer
A 1924 animated short film.
Uruguayos Forever
Writer
An animated short film depicting the victory of the Uruguay soccer team in a 1924 match.
Uruguayos Forever
Director
An animated short film depicting the victory of the Uruguay soccer team in a 1924 match.
Firpo-Brennan
Writer
A 1923 film.
Firpo-Brennan
Director
A 1923 film.
Firpo-Dempsey
Writer
A 1923 film.
Firpo-Dempsey
Director
A 1923 film.
Los que ligan
Director
Cómo conquistan los hombres dependiendo de su nacionalidad.
Sin dejar rastros
Director
The true incident of the German U-Boat which torpedoed an Argentine ship to make Argentina declare war on the Allies. The film was not as successful as Cristiani's previous film, The Apostle from 1917, since Without a Trace was confiscated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by order of President Hipólito Yrigoyen and purportedly destroyed. It is unknown if any copies of the film exist, and it is currently considered a lost film.
El apóstol
Animation
Argentine animated film utilizing cutout animation, and the world's first animated feature film. Currently considered a lost film.
El apóstol
Writer
Argentine animated film utilizing cutout animation, and the world's first animated feature film. Currently considered a lost film.
El apóstol
Director
Argentine animated film utilizing cutout animation, and the world's first animated feature film. Currently considered a lost film.
Carbonada
Director
Quirino's last release, a short animation film in black and white.
Between Whistles and Flutes
Director
Football animation short film in black and white. Currently lost.
The intervention in the Buenos Aires province
Director
Animated short about Argentinian president Yrigoyen and Buenos Aires' gobernor Marcelino Ugarte.