Ladislas Starevich

Ladislas Starevich
Born
Władysław Starewicz

(1882-08-08)August 8, 1882
DiedFebruary 26, 1965(1965-02-26) (aged 82)
NationalityRussian, Polish[1][2]
Occupation(s)Film director, stop motion animator

Ladislas Starevich (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич, Polish: Władysław Starewicz; 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).[3] He also used dead insects and other animals as protagonists of his films. Following the Russian Revolution, Starevich settled in France.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dalton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Richard Neupert. French Animation History. Wiley Blackwell. 2011. p. 61.
  3. ^ Peter Rollberg (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 705–707. ISBN 978-1442268425.