Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker

The Nose (1963), a short film by Alexeieff and Parker using pinscreen animation.

Alexandre Alexeieff, sometimes credited as Alexander Alexeieff/Alexander Alexeïeff/Alexandre Alexieff (August 5, 1901 - August 9, 1982) was born in the town of Kazan in Russia. He spent his early childhood near Istanbul where his father was a military attaché. At the time of the Russian Revolution of 1917 he was a military cadet.

In 1921 he left Russia for France, where he began his involvement with illustration and animation. In 1930,Alexeieff married Claire Parker (1910 - 1981), a wealthy American art student living in Paris. Together they formed a life-long partnership working together on animated films. Their main contribution to the art of animation is the pin screen.

They also made many stop motion-animated commercials to sustain themselves financially, though they reportedly did not see much difference between their "artistic" and "commercial" films.

Yuriy Norshteyn, one of Russia's best-known animators, co-authored (along with Giannalberto Bendazzi) a book about him titled Alexeieff - Itinerary of a Master.

Filmography

Night on Bald Mountain (Une nuit sur le mont chauve) (1933)
Parade of the Hats (Parade de chapeaux) (1935)
Sleeping Beauty (La Belle au bois dormant) (1935)
Balatum (1938)
Huilor (1938)
Jaffa's Oranges (Les Oranges de Jaffa) (1938)
In Passing (En passant) (1943)
Popular Songs nº 5 (Chants populaires nº 5) (1944)
Smoked (Fumées) (1951)
Masks (Masques) (1952)
Nocturne (1954)
The Sap of the Earth (La Sève de la terre) (1955)
Hundred Per Cent (Cent pour cent) (1957)
Anonymous Automation (Anonyme automation) (1958)
Recreation (Divertissement) (1960)
The Trial (1963)
The Nose (Le Nez) (1963)
Water (L'Eau (1966)
*Pictures at an Exhibition (1972)
*Three Moods (Trois thèmes) (1980)

Bibliography

External links

*IMDb entry
*Review of the book Alexeieff: Itinerary of a Master
*PAL R2 DVD of Alexeieff's films