Albert Lamorisse

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-01-13 (48 years old)

Deathday

1970-06-02

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Albert Lamorisse

Biography

Albert Lamorisse (13 January 1922 – 2 June 1970) was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s, and also for inventing the famous strategic board game Risk in 1957. He was born in Paris, France. He first came into prominence - just after Bim - for directing and producing White Mane (1953), an award winning short film that tells a fable of how a young boy befriends an untamable wild white stallion in the marshes of Camargue (the Petite Camargue). His best known work is the short film The Red Balloon (1956), which earned him the Palme d'Or Grand P...

Production

1967

Versailles

as Director

1967

Versailles

as Writer

1956

The Red Balloon

as Director

1956

1953

White Mane

as Director

1953

White Mane

as Writer

1978

The Lovers' Wind

as Director

1965

Circus Angel

as Director

1960

1951

1951

1960

1960

1971

Paris Jamais Vu

as Director

1971

Paris Jamais Vu

as Cinematography

1965

Circus Angel

as Writer

1953

White Mane

as Producer

1978

The Lovers' Wind

as Producer

1956

The Red Balloon

as Producer

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