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Oskar Fischinger
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German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter (1900-1967)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1900
- Died
- 1967
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Optische Poesie
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Gelnhausen, Germany
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…
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- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 7
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oskar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Gelnhausen
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- camera operator
- Employer
- Walt Disney Studios
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Award
- Winsor McCay Award
- Official website
- www.oskarfischinger.org
- Number of children
- 5
- Work location
- Los Angeles
- Residence
- Berlin
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- has works in the collection
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger
- date of birth
- 1900-06-22
- date of death
- 1967-01-31
- academic major
- engineering
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- medical condition
- diabetes
- name in native language
- Oskar Fischinger
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- P8168
- Bernhard Buttersack
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