Wladyslaw Starewicz (1882–1965)

Director | Writer | Cinematographer

Although his name nowadays means very little except to animation buffs (and even they have to be ...

Born: August 6, 1882
Died: February 28, 1965 (age 82)

Filmography

Known For

The Habitant of the Desert Isle Director (1915)
The Terrible Vengeance Director (1913)
Ruslan and Ludmilla Director (1915)
Known For

The Four Devils Director (1913)
Director

Les contes de l'horloge magique (2003)
Los comienzos de la animación (1995)
Winter Carousel (1958)
Nose to the Wind (1956)
Un dimanche de Gazouilly (1955)
Gazouilly, petit oiseau (1953)
Fleur de fougère (1949)
Fétiche chez les sirènes (1937)
The Story of the Fox (1937)
Fétiche en voyage de noces (1936)
The Mascot's Wedding (1935)
The Ringmaster (1934)
The Mascot (1933)
Deux fables de La Fontaine (1932)
Lead Soldier (1928)
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse (1928)
Love in Black and White (1928)
La reine des papillons (1927)
The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1927)
Eva and the Grasshopper (1927)
Eyes of the Dragon (1925)
La voix du rossignol (1925)
Only a Country Lass (1925)
La petite chanteuse des rues (1924)
The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922)
Midnight Wedding (1921)
The Scarecrow (1921)
In the Spider's Grip (1920)
Iola (1920)
Kaliostro (1918)
K narodnoy vlasti (1917)
Na Varshavskom trakte (1916)
Portret (1915)
The Habitant of the Desert Isle (1915)
Liliya Belgii (1915)
Ruslan and Ludmilla (1915)
Mars' Stepson (1914)
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil (1914)
The Insects' Christmas (1913)
The Terrible Vengeance (1913)
The Four Devils (1913)
The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913)
Christmas Eve (1913)
Happy Scenes from Animal Life (1912)
The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Prekrasnaya Lyukanida (1912)
The Stag-Beetles (1911)
Director

Lucanus Cervus (1910)
Writer

Winter Carousel (1958)
Gazouilly, petit oiseau (1953)
Fleur de fougère (1949)
Fétiche chez les sirènes (1937)
The Story of the Fox (1937)
Fétiche en voyage de noces (1936)
The Mascot (1933)
Lead Soldier (1928)
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse (1928)
Love in Black and White (1928)
The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1927)
Eyes of the Dragon (1925)
La voix du rossignol (1925)
The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922)
Midnight Wedding (1921)
The Scarecrow (1921)
Na Varshavskom trakte (1916)
The Habitant of the Desert Isle (1915)
Liliya Belgii (1915)
Ruslan and Ludmilla (1915)
Mars' Stepson (1914)
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil (1914)
The Terrible Vengeance (1913)
The Four Devils (1913)
The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913)
Christmas Eve (1913)
Happy Scenes from Animal Life (1912)
The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Writer

Prekrasnaya Lyukanida (1912)
Actor

The Scarecrow Gardener (1921)
Producer

Eyes of the Dragon (1925)
Cinematographer

Les Fables de Starewitch (2011)
Fétiche chez les sirènes (1937)
The Story of the Fox (1937)
The Mascot (1933)
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse (1928)
Love in Black and White (1928)
La reine des papillons (1927)
The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1927)
La voix du rossignol (1925)
The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922)
The Scarecrow (1921)
Maiden's Mountains (1919)
Kaliostro (1918)
Na Varshavskom trakte (1916)
The Habitant of the Desert Isle (1915)
Liliya Belgii (1915)
Ruslan and Ludmilla (1915)
Mars' Stepson (1914)
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil (1914)
Skazka o spyashchei i tsarevne i semi bogatryakh (1914)
The Terrible Vengeance (1913)
The Four Devils (1913)
The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913)
Christmas Eve (1913)
The Little House in Kolomna (1913)
Happy Scenes from Animal Life (1912)
Cinematographer

The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Prekrasnaya Lyukanida (1912)
Production Designer

Lead Soldier (1928)
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse (1928)
Na Varshavskom trakte (1916)
The Habitant of the Desert Isle (1915)
Liliya Belgii (1915)
Ruslan and Ludmilla (1915)
Mars' Stepson (1914)
How the German General Signed a Pact with the Devil (1914)
The Terrible Vengeance (1913)
The Four Devils (1913)
The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913)
The Little House in Kolomna (1913)
Happy Scenes from Animal Life (1912)
Production Designer

The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
Prekrasnaya Lyukanida (1912)
Art Director

The Story of the Fox (1937)
The Mascot (1933)
Love in Black and White (1928)
The Town Rat and the Country Rat (1927)
La voix du rossignol (1925)
The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922)
Art Director

The Scarecrow (1921)
Christmas Eve (1913)
Editor

Lead Soldier (1928)
L'horloge magique ou La petite fille qui voulait être princesse (1928)
Editor

La reine des papillons (1927)
Animation Department

The Story of the Fox (1937)
The Ringmaster (1934)
Archive footage

The Bug Trainer (2008)
Wladyslaw Starewicz (1986)
Camera and Electrical Department

Eva and the Grasshopper (1927)

All Filmography

Did You Know

Trivia

Father of Irene Starewicz.

Quotes

"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.

Star Sign

Leo

Personal Details

Born

August 6, 1882
Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Died

February 28, 1965 (age 82)
Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France

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