Ladislas Starevich
Ladislas Starevich | |
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| Born | Władysław Starewicz August 8, 1882 |
| Died | February 26, 1965 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Russian, Polish |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, stop motion animator |
Ladislas Starevich (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Старе́вич, Polish: Władysław Starewicz; 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.