Alexander Shiryaev
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Male
Birthday 1867-09-10
Deathday 1941-04-25 (73 years old)
Place of Birth Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also Known As Aleksandr Širjaev, Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev , Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev, Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev, Александр Викторович Ширяев, Aleksandr Shiryayev, Alexandr Shiryaev
Alexander Shiryaev
Biography
Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.
Known For
Director
1906
Buffon Dance
as Director
1906
Pierrot-artists
as Director
Visual Effects
1906
Buffon Dance
as Animation
Actor
2004
A Belated Premiere
as Self (archive footage)