Paul Grimault

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-03-23 (89 years old)

Deathday

1994-03-29

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Paul Grimault

Biography

Paul Grimault (23 March 1905 – 29 March 1994) was one of the most important French animators. He made many traditionally animated films that were delicate in style, satirical, and lyrical in nature. His most important work is Le Roi et l'oiseau, which ultimately took over 30 years to produce. He began it as La Bergère et le Ramoneur (The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep) in 1948 and it was highly anticipated, but Grimault's partner André Sarrut showed the film unfinished in 1952, against Grimault's wishes. This caused a rift between partners and a stop in production. In 1967, Grimault got possession of the film and subsequently was able to ...

Acting

1981

Coup de Torchon

as Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès")

1988

Turning Table

as Himself, The Jester

1931

1932

1934

L'Atalante

as Passenger at Railway Station (uncredited)

1933

Le Colisée

as The Barrel Organ Player

1936

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

as Typesetter (uncredited)

1936

The Lower Depths

as Uncredited

2003

Production

1974

1988

Turning Table

as Director

1953

1956

Enrico cuisinier

as Screenplay

1939

1975

1975

1950

The Laughter Congress

as Supervising Animation Director

1950

1950

1950

The Laughter Congress

as Director of Operations

1945

1947

The Little Soldier

as Storyboard

1947

1946

The Magic Flute

as Director

1988

Turning Table

as Writer

1943

The Scarecrow

as Director

1947

1963

To Die in Madrid

as Animation

1931

1931

1970

The Diamond

as Director

1951

1957

La Faim du monde

as Director

1939

1959

Fidelity

as Director

1953

Fire Proofs

as Director

1954

1951

A Ship's Chef

as Director

1938

1936

1936

Natcha

as Director

1929

Brummel

as Director

1931

The Wardrobe

as Director

1932

The Executed

as Director

1937

1960

The Greasy Pole

as Director

1945

Niglo reporter

as Director

1938

Safe and Sound

as Director

1988

King's Fool

as Director

-

Land ho!

as Director

1942

The Note Seller

as Director

1961

¡Cuba Sí!

as Special Effects Coordinator

1956

Enrico cuisinier

as Director

1956

1952

Forgotten Stones

as Producer

1942

Time Machine

as Director

1971

1967

The Tartlet

as Producer

1943

The Scarecrow

as Writer

1938

Le Messager de la lumière

as Director of Photography

1956

Enrico cuisinier

as Director of Photography

1946

The Magic Flute

as Screenplay

1988

King's Fool

as Screenplay

-

Land ho!

as Screenplay

1957

La Faim du monde

as Screenplay

1932

The Executed

as Screenplay

1936

1936

Right in a Mystery

as Screenplay

1936

Natcha

as Screenplay

1937

1938

The Desert Island

as Screenplay

1938

Safe and Sound

as Screenplay

1939

Gô among the birds

as Screenplay

1942

The Note Seller

as Screenplay

1942

Time Machine

as Screenplay

1945

Niglo reporter

as Screenplay

1947

The Little Soldier

as Screenplay

1951

A Ship's Chef

as Writer

1951

The Legend of Silk

as Screenplay

1953

Fire Proofs

as Writer

1959

Fidelity

as Screenplay

1960

The Greasy Pole

as Screenplay

1988

Turning Table

as Screenplay

1971

Chasseurs pêcheurs

as Screenplay

1970

The Diamond

as Screenplay

1973

1964

1964

1951

1967

Noah's Ark

as Producer

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