Lotte Reiniger
German silhouette animator and film director / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (2 June 1899 – 19 June 1981) was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from 1926, the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, and Papageno (1935). Reiniger is also noted for having devised, from 1923 to 1926, the first form of a multiplane camera,[1] one of the most important devices in pre digital animation.[2] Reiniger worked on more than 40 films throughout her career.[3]
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Born | Charlotte Reiniger (1899-06-02)2 June 1899 |
Died | 19 June 1981(1981-06-19) (aged 82) |
Occupation(s) | Silhouette animator, film director |
Years active | 1918–1979 |
Notable work | The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) Girl of the Golden West (1942) |
Spouse | Carl Koch |
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