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Alexandre Alexeieff And His Pinscreen Animation

Alexandre Alexeieff And His Pinscreen Animation. 1901-1982. Early Years. Born in Russia, but emigrated to France in 1919, when he was 18 Studied painting and design Intended a career as a book illustrator, but became a set director for the ballet

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Alexandre Alexeieff And His Pinscreen Animation

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  1. AlexandreAlexeieffAnd His Pinscreen Animation 1901-1982

  2. Early Years • Born in Russia, but emigrated to France in 1919, when he was 18 • Studied painting and design • Intended a career as a book illustrator, but became a set director for the ballet • Married the illegitimate daughter of a Russian nobleman and began to work with her on his own invention: pinscreen animation

  3. Pinscreen Animation

  4. Later Life • In 1931 met Claire Parker, MIT grad, and they became lovers • The two worked together on first major success: Night on Bald Mountain • In 1940, the Alexeieffs and their daughter Svetlana, plus Claire Parker, moved to the US and then to Canada for the duration of the war • In 1946, all four returned to Paris, though Alexeieff was by now married to Claire Parker • 1963: the first narrative film on the pinscreen: The Nose

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