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Louis Bunin (28 March 1904 – 17 February 1994) was an American puppeteer, artist, and pioneer of stop-motion animation best known for his 1949 adaption of Alice in Wonderland.
On his return to the United States, Bunin created animated three-dimensional puppets to appear in the 1939 New York World's Fair in New York City. His 1943 political stop-motion satire, Bury the Axis, is well known.
Befitting their stage show origins, the Bunin puppets had rigid, brightly colored, expressive faces (Foodini had eyebrows that wagged up and down) and distinctive costumes, designed to communicate their characteristics from a distance.
Born in Russia, puppeteer and stop-motion animator Lou Bunin (1904-1994) was inspired by puppets, political activism, and film animation, and in 1926 created the Marionette Studio with puppeteer Meyer Levin.
Feb 27, 2024 · This 1943 stop-motion animated Cinecolor short directed by Lou Bunin, a former Hollywood puppeteer, was released by Paramount Pictures as part of a British propaganda effort to vilify the leaders of the Axis powers during World War II. Puppets of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito are given the business by unseen Allied Forces ...
Louis 'Lou' Bunin (28 March 1904 – 17 February 1994) was an American puppeteer, artist, and pioneer of stop-motion animation in the latter half of the twentieth century. While working as a mural artist under Diego Rivera in Mexico City in 1926, Bunin created political puppet shows using marionettes including a production of Eugene O'Neill's ...
Feb 20, 1994 · Mr. Bunin was an inventor of motion picture techniques used in animated puppet productions for children. He also made political animations for adults that were presented at...
