Charlotte 'Lotte' Reiniger; pioneering German film animator especially favouring shadow puppets; 'Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed' (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), completed in 1926, 'Doktor Dolittle und seine Tiere' (Doctor Dolittle and His Animals), 1928 and 'Die Jagd nach dem Glück' (The Pursuit of Happiness), 1929. Settled in England from 1949, making a number of short animated films based on Grimms' fairy tales