Wladyslaw Starewicz Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Although his name nowadays means very little except to animation buffs (and even they have to be pretty well informed), Wladyslaw Starewicz ranks alongside Walt Disney, as one of the great animation pioneers, and his career started nearly a decade before Disney's. He became an animator by accident - fascinated by insects, he bought a camera and ...
Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire [now Lithuania]
Profession
Director, Writer, Cinematographer
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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"I waited days and days to shoot a battle. But they would not fight with the lights shining on them." Remarking on his attempt to film two stag beetles fighting.
Childhood passion was entomology. Began his film career in Russia around 1909 making little shorts on insects in and around Moscow. Later educated as an entomologist, he passionately wanted to film two stag beetles fighting, but they didn't like his camera lights and would not fight. However, the film idea led directly to his animation of insects by stop-motion photography; which in turn gave him the idea for his masterpiece "The Cameraman's Revenge."
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les contes de l'horloge magique
2003
archive footage
Los comienzos de la animación
1995
Video documentary segment "Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora", as Ladislas Starevich
Winter Carousel
1958
Short
Nose to the Wind
1956
Short
Fleur de fougère
1949
Short
Fétiche en voyage de noces
1936
Short as L. Starevitch
Fétiche se marie
1935
Short
Fétiche prestidigitateur
1934
Short
The Mascot
1933
Short
Deux fables de La Fontaine
1932
Short as Ladislas Starewitch
The Story of the Fox
1930
Love in Black and White
1928
Short
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse
1928
Short
La petite parade
1928
Short
The Town Rat and the Country Rat
1927
Short
Eva and the Grasshopper
1927
as Ladislaw Starewitsch, animation scenes
La reine des papillons
1927
Short
La voix du rossignol
1925
Short
Les yeux du dragon
1925
Short as Ladislas Starewitch
Only a Country Lass
1925
Short
In the Spider's Grip
1925
Short
La petite chanteuse des rues
1924
Short
The Frogs Who Wanted a King
1922
Short
Le mariage de Babylas
1921
Short as Ladislas Starewitch
The Scarecrow
1921
Iola
1920
Kaliostro
1918
K Narodnoi Vlasti
1917
as Ladislas Starevitch
Na Varshavskom trakte
1916
Liliya Belgii
1915
Short
Portret
1915
Short
The Habitant of the Desert Isle
1915
Ruslan i Lyudmila
1915
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil
1914
Mars' Stepson
1914
Chetyre chyorta
1913
Strekoza i muravey
1913
Short
The Terrible Vengeance
1913
Noch pered Rozhdestvom
1913
Short
The Insects' Christmas
1913
Short
Veselye stsenki iz zhizni zhivotnykh
1912
Short
The Revenge of a Kinematograph Cameraman
1912
Short
Prekrasnaya Lyukanida
1912
Short
Lucanus Cervus
1910
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Winter Carousel
1958
Short scenario
Fleur de fougère
1949
Short writer
Fétiche en voyage de noces
1936
Short
The Mascot
1933
Short
The Story of the Fox
1930
screenplay
Love in Black and White
1928
Short writer
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse
1928
Short writer
La petite parade
1928
Short adaptation
The Town Rat and the Country Rat
1927
Short
La voix du rossignol
1925
Short
Les yeux du dragon
1925
Short as Ladislas Starewicz
The Frogs Who Wanted a King
1922
Short
Le mariage de Babylas
1921
Short as Ladislas Starewitch
The Scarecrow
1921
Na Varshavskom trakte
1916
Liliya Belgii
1915
Short
The Habitant of the Desert Isle
1915
Ruslan i Lyudmila
1915
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil
1914
Mars' Stepson
1914
Chetyre chyorta
1913
writer
Strekoza i muravey
1913
Short writer
The Terrible Vengeance
1913
writer
Noch pered Rozhdestvom
1913
Short writer
Veselye stsenki iz zhizni zhivotnykh
1912
Short
The Revenge of a Kinematograph Cameraman
1912
Short
Prekrasnaya Lyukanida
1912
Short
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Na Varshavskom trakte
1916
Liliya Belgii
1915
Short
The Habitant of the Desert Isle
1915
Ruslan i Lyudmila
1915
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil
1914
Mars' Stepson
1914
Chetyre chyorta
1913
Strekoza i muravey
1913
Short
The Terrible Vengeance
1913
Noch pered Rozhdestvom
1913
Short
Domik v Kolomne
1913
Short uncredited
Veselye stsenki iz zhizni zhivotnykh
1912
Short
The Revenge of a Kinematograph Cameraman
1912
Short
Prekrasnaya Lyukanida
1912
Short
The Mascot
1933
Short
The Story of the Fox
1930
Love in Black and White
1928
Short
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse
1928
Short
The Town Rat and the Country Rat
1927
Short
La reine des papillons
1927
Short
La voix du rossignol
1925
Short
The Frogs Who Wanted a King
1922
Short
The Scarecrow
1921
Devi gory
1919
Kaliostro
1918
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse
1928
Short
La petite parade
1928
Short
Na Varshavskom trakte
1916
Liliya Belgii
1915
Short
The Habitant of the Desert Isle
1915
Ruslan i Lyudmila
1915
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil
1914
Mars' Stepson
1914
Chetyre chyorta
1913
Strekoza i muravey
1913
Short
The Terrible Vengeance
1913
Noch pered Rozhdestvom
1913
Short
Domik v Kolomne
1913
Short uncredited
Veselye stsenki iz zhizni zhivotnykh
1912
Short
The Revenge of a Kinematograph Cameraman
1912
Short
Prekrasnaya Lyukanida
1912
Short
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mascot
1933
Short
The Story of the Fox
1930
Love in Black and White
1928
Short
The Town Rat and the Country Rat
1927
Short
La voix du rossignol
1925
Short
The Frogs Who Wanted a King
1922
Short
The Scarecrow
1921
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse
1928
Short
La petite parade
1928
Short
La reine des papillons
1927
Short
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fétiche prestidigitateur
1934
Short animator - as Ladislas Starewitch
The Story of the Fox
1930
animator
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Scarecrow
1921
Gardener
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eva and the Grasshopper
1927
cinematographer: animation scenes - as Ladislaw Starewitsch