Ladislas Starevich

Ladislas Starevich
Born
Władysław Starewicz

(1882-08-08)August 8, 1882
Moscow, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 26, 1965(1965-02-26) (aged 82)
Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
OccupationsFilm director, stop motion animator

Ladislas Starevich (Russian: Владислав Александрович Старевич; 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.

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