Personal Info

  • Known For

    Directing

  • Known Credits

    1

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    September 10, 1867 ( 74 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

  • Also Known As

    Aleksandr Širjaev

    Aleksandr Viktorovič Širjaev

    Alexander Victorovic Shiryaev

    Alexandr Victorovic Shiryaev

    Александр Викторович Ширяев

    Aleksandr Shiryayev

    Alexandr Shiryaev

Alexander Shiryaev

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.