Les Armateurs is a French film production company focused on animation. It was founded by

Didier Brunner Didier Brunner (born 6 March 1948, in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French film producer. Brunner originally began working in the film industry as an assistant director and later director on educational documentary films. He later moved into working i ...

in 1994 and is based in Paris. It produces feature films, short films and television series. Brunner served as the president of the company until 2014, when he was succeeded by Reginald de Guillebon. He retains a role as consultant Les Armateurs first received international attention with the release of the 1997 short film ''

The Old Lady and the Pigeons ''The Old Lady and the Pigeons'' (french: La vieille dame et les pigeons) is a 1997 animated short film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It tells the slightly surreal story of a starving policeman who dresses up as a pigeon and tricks an ...

'', directed by

Sylvain Chomet Sylvain Chomet (; born 10 November 1963) is a French comic writer, animator and film director. Early career Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Seine-et-Oise (now Yvelines), near Paris, he studied art at high school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet m ...

. Several of the company's subsequent productions and co-productions have been nominated for the

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the studio is part of hildegarde

Productions

Animated feature films

* ''

'' (

, 1997) * ''

Kirikou and the Sorceress ''Kirikou and the Sorceress'' (french: Kirikou et la Sorcière, ) is a 1998 traditional animation feature film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves h ...

'' (

Michel Ocelot Michel Ocelot (born 27 October 1943) is a French Screenwriter, writer, Production designer, designer, storyboard artist and Film director, director of animation, animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, n ...

, 1998) * '' Princes and Princesses'' (

, 2000) * '' The Boy Who Wanted to Do the Impossible'' (

Jannik Hastrup Jannik Hastrup (born 4 May 1941 in Næstved, Denmark) is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand master of animation", as he is particularly well known for directing, animating and writing ...

, 2002) * ''

The Triplets of Belleville ''The Triplets of Belleville'' (french: Les Triplettes de Belleville) is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as ''Belleville Rendez-vous'' in the United Kingdom. The film is Chomet's first feature ...

'' (

, 2003) * '' T'Choupi'' ( Jean-Luc François, 2004) * ''

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts ''Kirikou and the Wild Beasts'' ( French: ''Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages'') is a 2005 French animated feature film. It premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May and, unlike its predecessor, received only festival screenings in all Eng ...

'' (

and Bénédicte Galup, 2005) * ''

The Secret of Kells ''The Secret of Kells'' is a 2009 animated fantasy film about the making of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from the 9th Century. The film is an Irish-French-Belgian co-production animated by Cartoon Saloon, which premiered on 8 Fe ...

'' (

Tomm Moore Thomas "Tomm" Moore (born 7 January 1977) is an Irish filmmaker, animator, illustrator and comics artist. He co-founded Cartoon Saloon with Nora Twomey and Paul Young, an animation studio and production company based in Kilkenny, Ireland. His ...

, 2009) * ''

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'' ( Jean-Christophe Roger, 2010) * ''

Kirikou and the Men and Women ''Kirikou and the Men and Women'' (french: Kirikou et les Hommes et les Femmes) is a 2012 computer-animated children's film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. The second sequel to Ocelot's 1998 film ''Kirikou and the Sorceress'', following '' ...

'' (

, 2012) * ''

Ernest & Celestine ''Ernest & Celestine'' (french: Ernest et Célestine) is a 2012 animated comedy drama film directed by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. The film is based on a series of children's books of the same name published by the Bel ...

'' ( Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, 2012) * '' The Swallows of Kabul'' (

Zabou Breitman Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Za ...

and Eléa Gobé Mévellec, 2019)

Live-action feature films

* '' L'Équilibre de la terreur'' ( Jean-Martial Lefranc, 2005) * '' Kill Me Please'' ( Olias Barco, 2010)

Animated short films

* ''

'' (

, 1997) * '' L'Inventaire fantôme'' ( Franck Dion, 2004) * '' Vos papiers'' ( Claire Fouquet, 2006) * '' Ovulación!'' ( Anne-Sophie Salles, 2006) * '' Les P'tits Lus'' ( Anne-Sophie Salles, 2010)

Animated television series

* ''

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'' (1996–1997) * ''

Lupo Alberto Lupo Alberto ("Alberto the Wolf") is a famous Italian comic book series created by Guido Silvestri (Silver) in 1974. It details the adventures of Lupo Alberto, a blue wolf. The protagonist of the comic book, Lupo Alberto, takes the shape of the ...

'' (after the comic ''

'' by

Guido Silvestri Guido Silvestri (born 9 December 1952 in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Carpi Charley and Mimmo ''Charley and Mimmo'' (french: T'Choupi et Doudou) is a traditionally animated children's television series that aired on YTV between 1999 and 2002. Plot ''Charley and Mimmo'' () consists of a typical family (father, mother, son, and baby sist ...

'' ( Jean-Luc François, 1999) * '' Belphégor'' ( Jean-Christophe Roger, 2000)) * '' Ponpon'' ( Fabien Drouet, 2005) * ''

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'' (

Régis Loisel Régis Loisel (born 4 December 1951) is a French cartoonist, best known for the series '' La Quête de l'oiseau du temps'', written by Serge Le Tendre. He worked with Walt Disney Studios on the animated films ''Atlantis'' and ''Mulan''. Biblio ...

, Fred Louf, 2005) * '' Kiri The Clown'' ( Eric Cazes, 2005) * '' Bedtime Stories'' (after the comic by

Lewis Trondheim Lewis Trondheim (born Laurent Chabosy, , on 11 December 1964), is a French cartoonist and one of the founders (in 1990) of the independent publisher L'Association. Both his silent comic ''La Mouche'' and Kaput and Zösky have been made into animat ...

and José Parondo; season 1: Jean-Christophe Roger and Jean-Luc François, 2006 / season 2: Frédéric Mège and Jean-Christophe Roger, 2007) * '' Kirikou Discovers the Animals of Africa'' (

and Bénédicte Galup, 2007) * '' Nouky and Friends'' ( Jean-Christophe Craps, 2008) * '' T'choupi et ses amis'' ( Franck Vibert, 2008) * '' À table T'choupi !'' ( Jean-François Bordier, 2008) * '' Cajoo (2009)'' * '' Magis Lilibug'' ( Jean-Christophe Roger, 2010) * ''

Martine Martine is a feminine given name and a surname. Given name * Martine Aubry (born 1950), French politician * Martine Audet (born 1961), Canadian poet * Martine Aurillac (born 1939), French politician * Martine Baay-Timmerman (born 1958), Dutch po ...

'' ( Claude Allix, 2012) * '' Charley Goes To School'' ( Lionel Kerjean, 2013) * ''

The Long Long Holiday ''The Long Long Holiday (Les Grandes Grandes Vacances)'' is a French animated series broadcast in 2015 on France 3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also include ...

'' (Delphine Maury and Olivier Vinuesa, 2015) * '' Ernest et Célestine, La Collection'' (Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger, 2017)

References

External links

Official website
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