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Although his name nowadays means very little except to animation buffs (and even they have to be pretty well informed), Wladyslaw Starewicz ranks alongside Walt Disney, as one of the great animation pioneers, and his career started nearly a decade before Disney's. He became an animator by accident - fascinated by insects, he bought a camera and attempted to film them, but they kept dying under the hot lights. Stop-motion animation provided an instant (if slow) solution, and Starewicz discovered that he had a natural talent for it. He subsequently made dozens of short films, mostly featuring his trademark stop-motion puppets, but also live action films (some blending live action and animation), moving to France after the Russian Revolution to continue his career. His longest and most ambitious film was the feature-length 'Tale of the Fox', which took ten years to plan and eighteen months to shoot. Starewicz' films were virtually one-man shows (writer/director/cameraman/designer/animator), though other important contributions (in front of and behind the camera) were made by his daughters.- Director
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Irene Starewicz was born on 24 September 1907 in Kovno, Russian Empire [now Kaunas, Lithuania]. She was a director and writer, known for The Story of the Fox (1937), Fleur de fougère (1949) and Fétiche en voyage de noces (1936). She died on 15 December 1992 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France.- Hector Malot was born on 20 May 1830 in La Bouille, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. He was a writer, known for Ai no machi (1928), Sans famille (1914) and Sans famille (1925). He was married to Marthe Oudinot de la Faverie and Anna Dariès. He died on 17 July 1907 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France.
- Ernest Léardée was born on 9 November 1896 in Fort-de-France, Martinique, France. He was an actor and composer, known for La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome (1987), La ferme en folie (1961) and Médecins de nuit (1978). He died on 12 April 1988 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Jacqueline Donny was born on 2 August 1927 in France. She died on 14 February 2021 in Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France.