Michel Ocelot
Michel Ocelot (born October 27, 1943 in Villefranche-sur-Mer ) is a French animator who became internationally known in 1998 with the award-winning surprise hit Kiriku and the Sorceress , an African fairy tale.
Life
The southern French citizen Ocelot spent much of his childhood in Guinea . Of the silhouettes Lotte Reiniger inspired he wanted to make his own films. In 1982 he got his first César for the short film La Légende du pauvre bossu . Kiriku and the Sorceress , his first full-length film, won an award at the Annecy Festival d'Animation in 1999 . This was followed by a variation on the first film, Kiriku and the Wild Animals . Azur and Asmar from 2006 was Ocelot's first animated film to be made on the computer. In 2007 he made the video for Björks Earth Intruders . His latest 3D animation production Kiriku und die Männer und Frauen celebrated its German premiere in 2013 at the Stuttgart Animated Film Festival .
Filmography
Films as a director:
- 1980: Les 3 inventeurs (short film)
- 1981: Les filles de l'égalité (short film)
- 1982: La légende du pauvre bossu (short film)
- 1983: La princesse insensible (TV series, an episode)
- 1987: Les quatre vœux du vilain et de sa femme (short film)
- 1989: Ciné si (TV series, three episodes)
- 1992: Les contes de la nuit (TV)
- 1998: Kiriku and the Sorceress (Kirikou et la sorcière)
- 2000: Princes et princesses
- 2005: Kiriku and the wild animals (Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages)
- 2006: Azur and Asmar (Azur et Asmar)
- 2010: Dragons et princesses (TV series, ten episodes)
- 2011: Les contes de la nuit
- 2012: Kiriku and the men and women (Kirikou et les hommes et les femmes)
- 2018: Dilili à Paris
Awards (selection)
- 1981: British Academy Film Award , Best Animated Film, for Les 3 inventeurs
- 1981: César nomination, Best Animated Short Film , for Les 3 inventeurs
- 1983: César , best animated short film, for La légende du pauvre bossu
- 1987: Nomination for the Golden Palm - Best Short Film , Cannes International Film Festival , for Les quatre vœux du vilain et de sa femme
- 1989: César nomination, best animated short film, for Ciné si (episode: La princesse des diamants )
- 1990: OIAF Award, Ottawa International Animation Festival , for Ciné si (episode: Prince et princesse )
- 1991: FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival d'Animation Annecy for Ciné si (episode: Le manteau de la vieille dame )
- 1999: Grand Prix (best feature film) of the Festival d'Animation Annecy for Kiriku and the Sorceress
- 2008: Goya nomination, Best Animated Film, for Azur and Asmar
- 2010: Special Prize of the Festival d'Animation Annecy for Dragons et princesses (episode: Le garçon qui ne mentait jamais )
- 2011: Nomination Golden Bear of the Berlinale 2011 for Les contes de la nuit
- 2013: César nomination, Best Animated Film , for Kiriku and the men and women
- 2019: César , Best Animated Film, for Dilili à Paris
Web links
- Michel Ocelot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ocelot, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villefranche-sur-Mer |