Vincent Paronnaud (born 20 February 1970), a.k.a. Winshluss, is a

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and

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Biography

Paronnaud was born in

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. He is French comic book writer and artist. His works comprise one shots: ''Super negra'' (1999), ''Monsieur Ferraille'' (2001), ''Pat Boon'' (2001), ''Welcome to the Death Club'' (2002), ''Smart monkey'' (2002), ''Cornélius ou l'art de la mouscaille et du pinaillage'' (2007), ''Pinocchio'' (2008), ''Flip et Flopi 1996 1998'', ''In God We Trust'' (2013) and ''Les fées - An electric story'' (2014), as well as comic book series ''(AUT) Winshluss'' (2004-2014) and ''Wizz et Buzz'' (2006-2007). Paronnaud is best known for cowriting and codirecting with

Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi (; fa, مرجان ساتراپی ; born 22 November 1969) is a French-Iranian graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel ''Persepolis'' a ...

the highly acclaimed animated film ''

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'' (2007), for which they received numerous awards including the

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at the

2007 Cannes Film Festival The 60th Cannes Film Festival ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. The President of the Jury was British director Stephen Frears. Twenty two films from twelve countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 26 May. ''4 M ...

as well as an

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nomination for

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Awards

* The

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Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year, shared with Marjane Satrapi for Persepolis in 2008. * Globe de Cristal for Best Film for ''

'' in 2008 * Prize for best album for Winshluss's ''Pinocchio'', 2009 Festival International de la Bande Dessinée,

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. *

Noor Iranian Film Festival The Noor Iranian Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Los Angeles, California, founded by cultural producer Siamak Ghahremani and co-founder Anthony Azizi in 2007. The festival's namesake comes from the word Nur, also spelled Noor, mea ...

award in 2013 for Best Animation Director, shared with Marjane Satrapi, on ''

Chicken with Plums ''Chicken with Plums'' (French: ''Poulet aux prunes'') is a 2004 graphic novel by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi. Synopsis Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's and a renown Tar player, has his cherished instrument broken after a quarrel. Th ...

Exhibitions

*''Amour'',

Galerie Vallois The Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois is a contemporary art gallery owned by Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois and is located in Paris, France. In addition to recent contemporary art, the gallery also specializes in works by Nouveau ...

, Paris, France (2009) *''Comics are like Far West'', Galerie Chappe, Paris (2008) *''COOL''*

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