LOTTE REINIGER - VISUAL ARTIST - GERMANY Däumelinchen - Thumbelina (1954) Animated film by Lotte Reiniger based on the classic fairytale Among the great figures in animated film, Lotte Reiniger stands alone. No one else has taken a specific animation technique and made it so utterly her own. To date she has no rivals, and for all practical purposes the history of silhouette animation begins and ends with Reiniger. Taking the ancient art of shadow-plays, as perfected above all in China and Indon