Alexander Shiryaev
Directing
Birthday
1867/09/10
Day of death
1941/04/25 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also know as
Aleksandr Širjaev, Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev , Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev, Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev, Александр Викторович Ширяев, Aleksandr Shiryayev, Alexandr Shiryaev
Biography
Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.
Acting
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(2004) A Belated Premiere
as Self (archive footage)