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- Director
- Animation Department
- Writer
Pioneering animator Emile Cohl was born Emile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet in Paris, France, in 1857. He began his career as a caricaturist, cartoonist and writer in his 20s, and in 1908 he was hired by the Gaumont film company as a writer. He soon also became a director, turning out comedies and fantasies, but animated films--which were just starting to come into their own--fascinated him and he began experimenting with them. He worked with line drawings, silhouettes and puppets, and in 1908 he turned out A Fantasy (1908), generally considered to be the first fully animated film (it consisted of 700 drawings of a character he created, "Fantoche", each separately photographed). He made more than 250 animated films between 1908 and 1923 for a variety of studios, including Eclair and Pathe.
Unfortunately, Cohl was financially ruined by the Great Depression of the early 1930s, and he died in poverty in France in 1938 after having caught pneumonia.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
Vladimir Nilsen was born on 3 March 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Volga - Volga (1938), The Circus (1936) and Moscow Laughs (1934). He died on 20 January 1938 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Serge Galitzine was born on 22 December 1898 in Maryino, Russia. He was an actor, known for La fanciulla d'una volta (1920) and Forse che sì forse che no (1921). He was married to Taisia Stanislavovna Karnitskaya. He died on 20 January 1938 in the USSR.
- Actor
- Writer
Louis Nerz was born on 15 February 1866 in Chlumetz, Böhmen, Austrian Empire [now Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Bohemia, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Hands of Orlac (1924), Königin Draga (1920) and Der Dieb im Schlafcoupée (1929). He died on 20 January 1938 in Vienna, Austria.- Cinematographer
Joseph Settle was born in 1889. He was a cinematographer, known for Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1921), Lost in a Big City (1923) and Floodgates (1924). He died on 20 January 1938 in Canada Lek, New York, USA.