Władysław Starewicz
Directing
August 8, 1882
Died at age 82
February 26, 1965
Date of Death
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
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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.
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