Hans Fischerkoesen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German film director
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Place of Birth: Bad Kösen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Hans Fischerkoesen
- Hans Fischerkoesen, also known as Hans Fischerkösen or Hans Fischer, (18 May 1896 – 23 April 1973) was a German commercial animator.
- Fischerkoesen is considered an animation pioneer, due to the inventions and innovations he applied to animation technology, especially the use of three-dimensional elements in his animations.
- Later he becomes Germany’s most influential cartoonist, often nicknamed “Germany’s Walt Disney”.
- He won both first and second prizes at a Dutch-sponsored international competition in 1937, for advertising films (the runners up included George Pal and Alexander Alexeieff ).
- By 1956 he had won major prizes at commercial film festivals in Rome, Milan (three times), Venice, Monte Carlo and Cannes.
- Most notable was the participation in the 1st Berlin International Film Festival, where Fischerkoesen's film Blick ins Paradies won the Bronze Medal (Advertising Film) award.
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