Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
September 10, 1867(73)
Day of Death
April 25, 1941
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also Known As
Aleksandr ŠirjaevAleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev Alexander Victorovic ShiryaevAlexandr Victorovic ShiryaevАлександр Викторович Ширяев
Alexander Shiryaev
Directing
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.
Known For
Filmography
- 2004MovieA Belated Premiereas Self (archive footage)