Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger (1899 – 1981) was a German director and animator. She was a pioneer of silhouette animation
, and created a predecessor to the multiplane camera for her work. One of her best known works, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, is the oldest surviving animated feature-length film.
As a child, she was inspired by Chinese paper cutting and shadow play, which influenced her art style, along with her love of theatre. Over the course of her life, she created over 40 films, most of them shorts. She also illustrated the 1953 book King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table.
Filmography
- 1919 – Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens ("The Ornament of the Lovestruck Heart")
- 1920 – Amor und das standhafte Liebespaar ("Cupid and the Steadfast Lovers")
- 1921 – Der Stern von Bethlehem ("The Star of Bethlehem")
- 1922 – Sleeping Beauty
- 1922 – Der fliegende Koffer ("The Flying Suitcase")
- 1922 – Das Geheimnis der Marquisin ("The Secret of the Marquise")
- 1922 – Aschenputtel ("Cinderella")
- 1922 – Die Barcarole ("The Barcarole")
- 1926 – The Adventures of Prince Achmed
- 1927 – The Chinese Nightingale
- 1928 – Grotesken im Schnee
- 1928 – Dr. Dolittle und seine Tiere ("Dr. Dolittle and His Animals")
- 1928 – Der scheintote Chinese ("The Seemingly Dead Chinese")
- 1930 – Die Jagd nach dem Glück ("The Hunt for Happiness")
- 1930 – Zehn Minuten Mozart ("Ten Minutes of Mozart")
- 1931 – Harlekin
- 1932 – Sissi
- 1933 – Carmen
- 1933 – Das rollende Rad ("The Rolling Wheel")
- 1934 – The Stolen Heart
- 1935 – Der kleine Schornsteinfeger ("The Little Chimney Sweep")
- 1935 – Galathea: Das lebende Marmorbild ("Galathea: The Living Marble Statue")
- 1935 – Kalif Storch
- 1935 – Papageno
- 1935 – Der Graf von Carabas ("The Count of Carabas")
- 1936 – Silhouetten ("Silhouettes") (animation scenes)
- 1936 – Puss in Boots
- 1937 – The Tocher
- 1937 – The King's Breakfast
- 1938 – The HPO
- 1942 – Girl of the Golden West
- 1944 – Die goldene Gans ("The Golden Goose")
- 1951 – Mary's Birthday
- 1953 – The Magic Horse
- 1954 – Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
- 1954 – Caliph Storch
- 1954 – Cinderella
- 1954 – Puss in Boots
- 1954 – Snow White and Rose Red
- 1954 – The Frog Prince
- 1954 – The Gallant Little Tailor
- 1954 – The Grasshopper and the Ant
- 1954 – The Little Chimney Sweep
- 1954 – The Sleeping Beauty
- 1954 – The Three Wishes
- 1954 – Däumlienchen
- 1955 – Hansel and Gretel
- 1955 – Jack and the Beanstalk
- 1961 – The Frog Prince
- 1974 – The Lost Son
- 1975 – Aucassin and Nicolette
- 1979 – The Rose and the Ring
- 1980 – Die vier Jahreszeiten ("The Four Seasons")
Google Doodle featured a tribute to her on June 2, 2016, what would have been her 117th birthday. You can watch it here.
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- Creator Couple: Her husband, Carl Koch, was a film director/writer who collaborated with her on many works.
