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Lotte Reiniger
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German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981)
Film & TV
Berlin, German Empire [now Germany]
Lotte Reiniger was born on June 2, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She is known for her work on Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926), The HPO (1938), and Däumlienchen (1954). She was married to Carl Koch. She died on June 19, 1981 in Dettenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Known for
- Lotte That Silhouette Girl — Self- Narrator2018
- Secrets of British Animation — Self (archive Photo)2018
- Lotte Reiniger - Tanz der Schatten2012
- Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film — Herself (archive footage)2001
- Die Frau hinter den Schatten: Lotte Reiniger1981
- Bewegte Bilder. Deutsche Trickfilme der Zwanziger Jahre1975
- The Art of Lotte Reiniger — Herself1970
- German Film Award — Self1951
- Yülan, ein Bild aus dem chinesischen1930
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Key facts
- Born
- Charlotte Reiniger , ( 1899-06-02 ) 2 June 1899, Berlin - Charlottenburg , German Empire
- Died
- 19 June 1981 (1981-06-19) (aged 82), Dettenhausen , West Germany
- Occupations
- Silhouette animator , film director
- Years active
- 1918–1979
- Notable work
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), Girl of the Golden West (1942)
- Spouse
- Carl Koch
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lotte
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Charlottenburg
- Place of death
- Dettenhausen
- Spouse
- Carl Koch
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- German
- Notable work
- The Adventures of Prince Achmed
- Official website
- www.lottereiniger.de
- Image
- Lotte Reiniger 1939.jpg
- Work location
- London
- Residence
- Dettenhausen
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- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- date of birth
- 1899-06-02
- date of death
- 1981-06-19
- name in native language
- Lotte Reiniger
- Commons category
- Lotte Reiniger
- birth name
- Charlotte Reiniger
- artist files at
- British Film Institute
- end of work period
- 1979-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lotte Reiniger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.