Oskar Fischinger
Born: 1900-06-22 in Gelnhausen, Germany
Died: 1967-01-31
Known For: Directing
Biography
Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger (22 June 1900 – 31 January 1967) was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter, notable for creating abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music videos. He created special effects for Fritz Lang's 1929 Woman In The Moon, one of the first sci-fi rocket movies. He made over 50 short films, and painted around 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 (1947), which is now listed on the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oskar Fischinger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2012
- Space Light Art ... (Director)
2004
- The Contemplative Films of Oskar Fischinger ... (Director)
1985
- California Images ... (Director)
1955
- Oklahoma Gas ... (Director)
1952
- Muntz TV Ad ... (Director)
1947
- Motion Painting No. 1 ... (Director)
- Absolute Film ... (Director)
1946
- Concerto ... (Animation)
1945
- Mutoscope Reels ... (Director)
1942
- Radio Dynamics ... (Director)
- Color Rhythm ... (Director)
1941
- An American March ... (Director)
- Organic Fragment ... (Director)
1940
- Pinocchio ... (Visual Effects)
1938
- An Optical Poem ... (Director)
1936
- Allegretto ... (Director)
1935
- Composition in Blue ... (Director)
- Muratti privat ... (Director)
1934
- Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes) ... (Director)
- Alle Kreise erfasst Tolirag ... (Director)
- Muratti Gets in the Act ... (Director)
- Squares ... (Director)
1933
- Circles ... (Director)
- Study No. 13 ... (Director)
- Study No. 14 ... (Director)
1932
- Study No. 11 ... (Director)
- Coloratura ... (Director)
- Sound Ornaments ... (Director)
- Study No. 10 ... (Director)
- Study No. 12 ... (Director)
1931
- Study No. 8 ... (Director)
- Study No. 9 ... (Director)
- Study No. 7 ... (Director)
- Love Games ... (Director)
1930
- Study No. 6 ... (Director)
- Study No. 5 ... (Director)
- Study No. 4 ... (Director)
- Dancing Lines ... (Director)
- Study No. 3 ... (Director)
1929
- Woman in the Moon ... (Special Effects)
- Study No. 1 ... (Director)
1927
- Spiritual Constructions ... (Director)
- Silhouettes ... (Writer)
- Wax Experiments ... (Director)
- Walking from Munich to Berlin ... (Director)
- 1920s Fragments and Wax Experiments ... (Director)
- R-1 ... (Director)
- Staffs ... (Director)
1926
- Spirals ... (Director)
1924
- Münchener Bilderbogen: Pierette Nr. 1 ... (Director)