Picha (director)

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Picha (real name Jean-Paul Walravens ; born July 2, 1942 in Brussels ) is a Belgian cartoonist, writer and film director of animated films .

biography

Picha, who discovered his interest in drawing at an early age, studied art at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. From 1960 Picha presented his work as a cartoonist and cartoonist in international newspapers and magazines (including the New York Times ) . During this time he took the pseudonym Picha . Picha is the author of several books, such as Picha at Club Med (1971) or Persona non grata (1975). Later, Picha specialized in working on cartoons. In 1975 he worked as an assistant director for the film Tarzoon - Shame of the Jungle , a parody of Tarzan , the character of Edgar Rice Burroughs . The heirs of Burroughs sued the makers, and as a result the film title and the name of the main character Tarzoon were changed before the film could also be shown in the USA and was only released under the title Shame Of The Jungle from 1979 . While the film was a huge success in Picha's native France, it flopped in the US. Picha's next film was The Missing Link , which was shown at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival .

In 1985 Picha starred in the short film Fumeurs de charme by Frédéric Sojcher on the side of Serge Gainsbourg and Bernard Lavilliers . In 1991 Requiem pour un fumeur followed .

In 1987 Picha's film The Big Bang celebrated its premiere. Because this film was not really successful either, Picha said goodbye to the film industry and concentrated on writing for television, for example for Zoo Olympics (1990–1991), Zoo Cup (1992–1993) and Les Jules, chienne de vie. .. (1995).

In 2007 Picha attempted a cinematic comeback with the film Snow White: The Sequel , a parody of fairy tales.

Works

Movies

  • 1972: Cartoon Circus
  • 1975: Tarzoon - Shame of the Jungle (later: Shame of the Jungle ), Original: Tarzoon, la honte de la jungle , Speaker: John Belushi
  • 1980: The missing link, original: Le Chainon manquant
  • 1987: The Big Bang, Original: Le Big-Bang , (Director: Boris Szulzinger )
  • 2007: Snow White: The Sequel, Original: Blanche - Neige, la suite

watch TV

  • 1992: Zoo Olympics
  • 1994: Zoo Cup
  • 1997: Les Jules, chienne de vie ...

Books

  • 1970: Picha's Witbook
  • 1970: National Lampoon
  • 1971: Picha at Club Med
  • 1975: Persona non grata
  • 2011: The Someday Funnies

reception

Mon oncle d'Amérique est belge , documentary about Picha by Eric Figon and Françoise Walravens

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CC: Shame Of The Jungle In: retrojunk.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Fred Patten: French Animation Part 4: Jump to 1970-1975 In: cartoonresearch.com, November 16, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Picha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walravens, Jean-Paul (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cartoonist and film director
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels