Claire Parker
American animator (1906-1981) · United States · Directors · Died at 75
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Something wrong?Claire Parker was an American engineer and animator. A graduate of MIT, she invented the Pinscreen, a vertically mounted grid of between 240,000 and 1 million sliding metal rods that are first manually pushed into position to create lit and shaded areas, then filmed frame by frame.
A life in dates
PinscreenFilm1972Pictures at an ExhibitionFilm, Director1963
The NoseFilm, Director1960At the PinboardFilm1943En passant: Making ofFilm, Director1937Huilor, de l'orFilm, Director1935
Parade of HatsFilm, Director1933
A Night on Bald MountainFilm, Director1906Born31 August 1906Filmography 12
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DADreams about AlfeoniPIPinscreenTNThe NosePHParade of HatsAMA Night on Bald Mountain13 credits on file
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Claire Parker was an American engineer and animator. A graduate of MIT, she invented the Pinscreen, a vertically mounted grid of between 240,000 and 1 million sliding metal rods that are first manually pushed into position to create lit and shaded areas, then filmed frame by frame. While the hand-operated, mechanical Pinscreen superficially shares characteristics with early optical toys like the zoetrope, it is distinguished by being one of the first devices ever to produce animation by reconfiguring a set of individual picture elements, later called pixels. A model with sufficient pin "resolution" can be used to create a Pinscreen animation of photorealistic images, a painstaking process analogous to modern pixel art.
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