Ladislas Starewitch, Ladislas Starevich
Name: Władysław Starewicz
Known for: Directing
Place of birth: Moscow, Russian Empire
Birth date: Tuesday, 8th August 1882
Death date: Friday, 26th February 1965
Popularity: 0.896
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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