Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger was a silhouette animator and film director.

She was born in Berlin Charlotte burg, German Empire. Second of June 1899.

She loved cinema when she was young and enrolled in the acting group Wegener belonged to the theatre of Max Reinhardt.

To attract viewer’s attention she started to make different portraits of actors around her which had positive effect and latter she was making elaborate title cards for Wegener’s film, many of which featured silhouettes.

In 1918, Lotte animated wooden rats and created the animated intertitles for Wegener’s Der Rattenfanger von Hamein.

The first film she directed was Bas Ornament des verliebten Herzens (The Ornament of the Enamoured Heart 1919). During the following few years she made six short films.

In 1926 she made a length film The Adventures of Prince Achmed.

Reiniger directed 44 films like

The Frog Prince (1961)

Puss in Boots (1954)

Snow White and Rose Red (1954)

The Sleeping Beauty (1954)

The Magic Horse (1953)

Sissi (1932)

Papageno (1935)

The Daughter (1937)

 I liked her style and would like to make a short piece for my animation project to reflect my interest in her work.