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Oskar Fischinger

Oskar Fischinger

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June 22, 1900 — January 31, 1967Gelnhausen, 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oskar Fischinger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Space Light Artmovie

Space Light Art

2012

Director

The Contemplative Films of Oskar Fischinger
movie

The Contemplative Films of Oskar Fischinger

2004

Director

California Imagesmovie

California Images

1985

Director

Oklahoma Gasmovie

Oklahoma Gas

1955

Director

Muntz TV Admovie

Muntz TV Ad

1952

Director

Motion Painting No. 1movie

Motion Painting No. 1

1947

Director

Absolute Film
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Absolute Film

1947

Director

Concertomovie

Concerto

1946

Director

Mutoscope Reelsmovie

Mutoscope Reels

1945

Director

Radio Dynamics
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Radio Dynamics

1942

Director

Color Rhythmmovie

Color Rhythm

1942

Director

Organic Fragmentmovie

Organic Fragment

1941

Director

An American March
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An American March

1941

Director

An Optical Poemmovie

An Optical Poem

1938

Director

Allegrettomovie

Allegretto

1936

Director

Muratti privatmovie

Muratti privat

1935

Director

Composition in Bluemovie

Composition in Blue

1935

Director

Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes)movie

Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes)

1934

Director

Muratti Gets in the Act
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Muratti Gets in the Act

1934

Director

Squaresmovie

Squares

1934

Director

Alle Kreise erfasst Toliragmovie

Alle Kreise erfasst Tolirag

1934

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Study No. 14
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Study No. 14

1933

Director

Circlesmovie

Circles

1933

Director

Study No. 13
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Study No. 13

1933

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Study No. 12movie

Study No. 12

1932

Director

Study No. 11movie

Study No. 11

1932

Director

Sound Ornamentsmovie

Sound Ornaments

1932

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Study No. 10
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Study No. 10

1932

Director

Coloraturamovie

Coloratura

1932

Director

Study No. 9
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Study No. 9

1931

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Study No. 8movie

Study No. 8

1931

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Study No. 7movie

Study No. 7

1931

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Love Games
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Love Games

1931

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Study No. 6movie

Study No. 6

1930

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Study No. 5movie

Study No. 5

1930

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Study No. 4
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Study No. 4

1930

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Study No. 3
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Study No. 3

1930

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Dancing Linesmovie

Dancing Lines

1930

Director

Study No. 1
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Study No. 1

1929

Director

1920s Fragments and Wax Experimentsmovie

1920s Fragments and Wax Experiments

1927

Director

Spiritual Constructions
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Spiritual Constructions

1927

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Walking from Munich to Berlinmovie

Walking from Munich to Berlin

1927

Director

Wax Experimentsmovie

Wax Experiments

1927

Director

Silhouettes
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Silhouettes

1927

Director

R-1movie

R-1

1927

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Staffs
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Staffs

1927

Director

Spiralsmovie

Spirals

1926

Director

Münchener Bilderbogen: Pierette Nr. 1movie

Münchener Bilderbogen: Pierette Nr. 1

1924

Director

Visual Effects3

Camera1

Woman in the Moonmovie

Woman in the Moon

1929

Director of Photography

Crew1

Writing1