Albert Lamorisse

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Albert Lamorisse (born January 13, 1922 in Paris , France , † June 2, 1970 in Karaj , Iran ) was a French director . He made important short films and children's films .

Life

Originally a photographer , Lamorisse began producing short, artistic-poetic children's films in the 1940s, which today could be described as fantasy . The red balloon , in which a French boy (played by his son) makes friends with a red balloon, became world famous . For this film he received the Oscar in the category Best Original Screenplay and thus prevailed against Federico Fellini ( La Strada - Das Lied der Straße ), among others . Most of Lamorisse's films were based on his own script and produced by himself. Some of them later became children's books, partly with his participation.

He later made longer films, but with less success. In the film Fifi, the pen , the technical effects were praised. In later years he devoted himself to documentary film . Lamorisse died in a helicopter crash during aerial photography of Bode Saba ( Persian باد صبا Bāde Sabā ) - Wind of the Desert , a documentary film about Iran and its landscape. The work was completed on the basis of the filmmaker's notes and published in 1978. A year later, Lamorisse was posthumously nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Documentary .

In the 1950s, Lamorisse invented the strategic board game La Conquête du Monde (German: Die Eroberung der Welt ), which was later produced by Parker Brothers under the name Risk and which received the game award Der Goldene Pöppel in 1980 .

Filmography (selection)

Short films

Feature films

  • 1960: The journey in the balloon ( Le Voyage en Ballon )
  • 1965: Fifi, the pen ( Fifi la Plume )
  • 1978: Bode Saba - Wind of the Desert ( Le Vent des Amoureux - posthumous)

Awards

Oscar

  • 1957 : Best original screenplay for The Red Ballon
  • 1979 : Nominated in the category of best documentary for Bode Saba - Wind of the Desert

Further

Cannes International Film Festival

  • 1953: Grand Prix of the Festival for The White Stallion
  • 1956: Golden Palm for The Red Balloon
  • 1965: Grand Prix of Technology , nominated for the Golden Palm (feature film) for Fifi, the spring
  • 1967: Grand Prix of Technology (Honorable Mention), nominated for the Golden Palm for Versailles

Jean Vigo Prize

  • 1953: Jean Vigo Prize for The White Stallion

Louis Delluc Prize

  • 1956: Best film for The Red Balloon

Venice International Film Festival

  • 1960: Prize of the Catholic Film Critics , nominated for the Golden Lion for The Red Balloon

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personal data
SURNAME Lamorisse, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French director
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH 2nd June 1970
Place of death Karaj , Iran