Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (2 June 1899 – 19 June 1981) was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from 1926, the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, and Papageno (1935). Reiniger is also noted for having devised, from 1923 to 1926, the first form of a multiplane camera, one of the most important devices in pre digital animation. Reiniger worked on more than 40 films throughout her career.
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Charlotte Reiniger 2 June 1899 Berlin Charlottenburg
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Died |
19 June 1981 (aged 82) Dettenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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