Władysław Starewicz

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-08-08 (83 years old)

Deathday

1965-02-26

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Władysław Starewicz

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.

Acting

2009

The Bug Trainer

as Self (archive footage)

1929

Production

1912

The Cameraman's Revenge

as Production Design

1933

The Mascot

as Director

1913

1941

1941

1932

The Old Lion

as Director

1949

The Fern Flower

as Director

1915

The Portrait

as Director

1915

1958

Winter Carousel

as Director

1958

1928

The Magic Clock

as Director

1913

The Little House in Kolomna

as Director of Photography

1934

The Ringmaster

as Director

1956

Nez au vent

as Director

1956

Nez au vent

as Writer

1949

1949

1925

1920

1954

Gueule de bois

as Scenario Writer

1954

Gueule de bois

as Director

1949

1921

1921

The Scarecrow

as Director

1935

1912

1912

1914

Snegurochka

as Writer

1912

1914

Snegurochka

as Director

1914

Snegurochka

as Editor

1917

1917

Sashka the Rider

as Director

1917

1917

1918

Cagliostro

as Director

1913

1913

1932

1914

Mars' Stepson

as Director

1928

1921

Vers la lumière

as Director of Photography

1915

1918

Viy

as Director

1918

Viy

as Writer

1910

Lucanus Cervus

as Director

1912

A Trip To The Moon

as Director of Photography

1912

The Cameraman's Revenge

as Director of Photography

1913

The Night Before Christmas

as Director of Photography

1927

Eva and the Grasshopper

as Assistant Director of Photography

1919

Maiden's Mountains

as Director of Photography

1914

Mars' Stepson

as Director of Photography

1941

The Tale of the Fox

as Director of Photography

1913

A Terrible Revenge

as Director of Photography

1912

Merry Scenes from the Lives of Animals

as Director of Photography

1949

Zanzabelle in Paris

as Director of Photography

1915

The Portrait

as Director of Photography

1917

Sashka the Rider

as Director of Photography

1914

Snegurochka

as Director of Photography

1918

Cagliostro

as Director of Photography

1912

A Trip To The Moon

as Production Design

1913

Sorrows of Sarah

as Director of Photography

1913

The Grasshopper and the Ant

as Director of Photography

1913

The Grasshopper and the Ant

as Production Design

1918

Viy

as Director of Photography

1918

Viy

as Production Design

1914

Snegurochka

as Production Design

1913

1913

A Terrible Revenge

as Production Design

1913

The Little House in Kolomna

as Production Design

1917

To the People's Power

as Director of Photography

1913

The Night Before Christmas

as Production Design

1914

Mars' Stepson

as Writer

1914

Mars' Stepson

as Production Design

1915

The Lily of Belgium

as Art Direction

1915

The Lily of Belgium

as Director of Photography

1916

Pan Twardowski

as Director

1916

Pan Twardowski

as Director of Photography

1916

Pan Twardowski

as Creative Director

1912

The Man

as Director

1912

The Man

as Screenplay

1912

The Man

as Production Design

1912

The Man

as Director of Photography

1918

Freemasons

as Director

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