Oskar Fischinger
German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter (1900-1967) · Germany · Directors · Died at 66
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Something wrong?Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger 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.
A life in dates
ConcertoFilm, Director1942
Color RhythmFilm, Director1941An American MarchFilm, Director1938
An Optical PoemFilm, Director1935
Composition in BlueFilm, Director1934
SquaresFilm, Director1933
CirclesFilm, Director1931Love GamesFilm, Director1930
Dancing LinesFilm, Director1927
R-1Film, Director1926
SpiralsFilm, Director1900Born22 June 1900Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
CICalifornia Images
OGOklahoma Gas
MNMotion Painting No. 1COConcerto
MRMutoscope ReelsCRColor Rhythm
OFOrganic FragmentAPAn Optical Poem
ALAllegrettoCBComposition in Blue
MPMuratti privatSQSquaresCICircles
SNStudy No. 12
COColoratura
SNStudy No. 11
SOSound Ornaments
SNStudy No. 7
SNStudy No. 8
SNStudy No. 6
SNStudy No. 5DLDancing Lines
WBWalking from Munich to Berlin
WEWax ExperimentsRR-1SPSpirals55 credits on file
Awards
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About this person
Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger 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 films, and influenced Disney's Fantasia. 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.
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