Alexander Shiryaev
Known for: Directing
Born: 1867-09-10 – 1941-04-25 (aged 73)
From: Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Russian ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer, founder of character dance in Russian ballet who served at the Mariinsky Theatre. Shiryaev was also a pioneering animation director who is credited with invention of stop motion animation.
