Alexander Shiryaev
🎞 Director
Born
10 September 1867 (158)
Place of Birth
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also known as
Aleksandr Širjaev, Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev
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.
