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Michel Ocelot

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Michel Ocelot

Born
(age 82)
Birthplace
Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France
Credits
34 titles

Biography

Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, narrator and other roles in earlier works) and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 début feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. In 2015 he got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb.

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Known For

Acting credits 12

YearTitleRole
2021 Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati Film Self
2021 La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot Film Self (voice)
2016 Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess Film Matelot 2 / Le médecin (voice) (archive footage)
2013 Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume Film Various Characters (voice) (archive footage)
2011 Tales of the Night Film Mélonghé (voice)
2008 The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot Film
2005 Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery Film Self - Interviewee
1987 The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife Film The Villein (Voice)
1983 The Insensitive Princess TV Narrator (Voice) (13 ep)
1983 After Midnight Film (voice)
1982 The Legend of the Poor Hunchback Film (Voice)
1980 The Three Inventors Film Narrator (voice)

Crew credits 30

YearTitleJob
2026 The Three-Eared Rabbits Film Director, Writer, Art Direction
2022 The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess Film Director, Screenplay, Story Artist, Production Design, Art Direction
2020 Pablo–Paris–Satie Film Director, Writer, Screenplay
2018 Dilili in Paris Film Screenplay, Director
2016 Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess Film Writer, Director, Screenplay
2013 Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume Film Storyboard, Screenplay, Director
2012 Kirikou and the Men and Women Film Director, Screenplay, Writer
2011 Tales of the Night Film Director, Writer, Screenplay
2010 Dragons and Princesses TV Director, Creator (10 ep)
2008 The Wedding Guest Film Screenplay, Director
2008 The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot Film Screenplay, Writer, Director
2006 Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest Film Director, Screenplay, Writer
2005 Kirikou and the Wild Beasts Film Director, Screenplay
2000 Princes and Princesses Film Writer, Director, Animation, Decorator, Screenplay
2000 The Princess of Diamonds Film Director, Creator, Screenplay
1998 Kirikou and the Sorceress Film Writer, Director, Screenplay
1994 The Little Circus and Other Tales Film Director, Screenplay
1992 The Dancing Shepherdess Film Writer, Director
1992 The Prince of Jewels Film Writer, Director, Storyboard
1992 The Maid and the Magician Film Director, Writer
1992 Tales of the Night Film Screenplay, Writer, Director
1989 Ciné si TV Director, Writer, Screenplay, Art Direction, Decorator, Graphic Designer, Animation, Creator (8 ep)
1989 Icare Film Director, Decorator
1987 The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife Film Screenplay, Art Direction, Animation, Director, Writer
1983 The Insensitive Princess TV Director, Screenplay, Writer, Graphic Designer, Creator (13 ep)
1982 The Legend of the Poor Hunchback Film Screenplay, Graphic Designer, Director, Writer
1981 Daughters of Equality Film Screenplay, Writer, Editor, Graphic Designer, Animation, Director
1981 Beyond Oil Film Writer, Screenplay, Director
1980 The Three Inventors Film Screenplay, Director, Writer
1976 Gideon TV Director, Background Designer, Writer, Creator (60 ep)
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