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Władysław Starewicz
Directing
Born August 8, 1882 · Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died February 26, 1965
Also known as Ladislas Starewitch · Ladislas Starevich · Владислав Старевич
Biography
Władysław Starewicz (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич; 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). He also used dead insects and other animals as protagonists of his films. Following the Russian Revolution, Starevich settled in France. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ladislas Starevich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
