René Laloux

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-07-13 (75 years old)

Deathday

2004-03-14

Place of Birth

Paris, France

René Laloux

Biography

René Laloux was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting. After some time working in advertising, he got a job in a psychiatric institution where he began experimenting in animation with the interns. It is at the psychiatric institution that he made 1960's Monkey's Teeth (Les Dents du Singe), in collaboration with Paul Grimault's studio, and using a script written by the Cour Cheverny's interns. Another important collaborator of his was Roland Topor with whom Laloux made Dead Time (Les Temps Morts, 1964), The Snails (Les Escargots, 1965) and his most famous work, the feature length Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage, 1...

Production

1982

Time Masters

as Director

1987

Gandahar

as Director

1973

Fantastic Planet

as Director

2003

1987

1987

1964

Dead Times

as Director

1988

The Chimerical Staircase

as Art Direction

1985

The Captive

as Writer

1985

The Captive

as Director

1966

The Snails

as Director

1998

The Eye of the Wolf

as Adaptation

1961

Monkey's Teeth

as Director

1982

Time Masters

as Writer

1985

The Captive

as Art Direction

1959

The Achalunés

as Director

1984

Quality Control

as Director

1977

The Machine-Men

as Director

1975

The Game

as Director

1957

Tick Tack

as Director

1987

Gandahar

as Writer

1964

Dead Times

as Screenplay

1987

1984

Quality Control

as Screenplay

1975

The Game

as Screenplay

1957

Tick Tack

as Writer

1961

Monkey's Teeth

as Screenplay

1977

The Machine-Men

as Screenplay

1977

1975

The Game

as Writer

1966

The Snails

as Screenplay

1959

The Achalunés

as Screenplay

1959

1998

1998

The Eye of the Wolf

as Original Film Writer

1973

Fantastic Planet

as Screenplay

1961

1957

Tick Tack

as Screenplay

1985

The Captive

as Screenplay

1982

Time Masters

as Screenplay

1987

Gandahar

as Screenplay

1984

1964

Dead Times

as Writer

1966

The Snails

as Animation

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