Lotte Reiniger

German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981)

Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger was a German film director and the foremost pioneer of silhouette animation. Her best known films are The Adventures of Prince Achmed, from 1926, the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, and Papageno (1935). Reiniger is also noted for having devised, from 1923 to 1926, the first form of a multiplane camera, one of the most important devices in pre digital animation. Reiniger worked on more than 40 films throughout her career.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 18 films (1922–1979) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 17 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1922	Aschenputtel AKA Cinderella ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1922	Das Geheimnis der Marquisin ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1926	The Adventures of Prince Achmed ▶	Lotte Reiniger	65 min		Color & B&W
1928	Dr Dolittle in Cannibal Land ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1928	Dr Dolittle's Trip To Africa ▶	Lotte Reiniger
1935	Galathea ▶	lotte-reiniger-primrose-productions
1935	Heute: Papageno	Lotte Reiniger
1935	Papageno	?Primrose Productions	10	16mm	B&W	sound
1951	Mary's birthday	a Crown Film Unit production ; designed and executed by Lotte Reiniger	10	16mm	Color	sound
1954	Aladdin and the magic lamp	Lotte Reiniger	14 min		B&W
1954	Caliph stork	Museum of Modern Art	10	16mm	B&W	sound
1954	The Grasshopper And The Ant	?Primrose Productions	10 min	16mm		sound
1954	The little chimney sweep	Lotte Reiniger	10 min
1955	The Sleeping beauty (Lotte Reininger)	Lotte Reiniger
1970s	Jack and the beanstalk	Primrose Productions presents ; a Silhouette Colour film ; designed by Lotte Reiniger ; produced by Vivian Milroy [and] Louis Hagen.	12	16mm	Color	sound
1975	Aucassin and Nicolette	The Board	16	16mm	Color	sound
1976	Aucassin and Nicolette	Lotte Reiniger	16:00	16mm	Color	sound
1979	The Rose and the Ring ▶	Lotte Reiniger