Jean-François Laguionie (born 10 October 1939) is a French animator, film director and producer.
Biography
Laguionie was originally interested in
theatre
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but his encounter with
Paul Grimault gave him the opportunity to learn the techniques of animated film. Though they were very close to each other,
Paul Grimault and Jean-François Laguionie rarely worked together (though Grimault produced Laguionie's first three shorts).
Jean-François Laguionie then directed several short films, climaxing with the now famous ''
La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame'' (''Rowing across the Atlantic'') (1978), which won the
Short Film Palme d'Or
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at the
1978 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Prize at the 1978
Ottawa International Animation Festival and the
César Award for Best Animated Short Film at the
4th César Awards.
He has also been a friend of
Michel Ocelot, whose short film ''Les Trois inventeurs'' was shot in Laguionie's home studio and used the magnet-aided method of
cutout animation invented by him.
While working on his first feature-length animated film, ''
Gwen, or the Book of Sand'' (''Gwen, le livre de sable'') in 1985, "Jef" founded the animation studio "La Fabrique". Though appreciated by critics, ''Gwen'' only received rather limited popular acclaim.
Later works
His second feature film, ''
Le Château des singes'' (''A Monkey's Tale'' co-directed with Xavier Picard) premiered in 1999. It received the Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 5th
Kecskemét Animation Film Festival.
His third feature ''
L'Île de Black Mór'' (''The Island of Black Mór''), appeared in 2003.
In 2011, Laguionie completed work on ''
Le Tableau'' (''The Painting''), a feature-length film which utilized a blend of animation and
live-action
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. The film won the award for Best Feature Film at the 8th
Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV Specials.
Filmography
* 1965: ''La Demoiselle et le violoncelliste'' (''The Lady and the Cellist'') (short)
* 1969: ''Une Bombe par hasard'' (''A Random Bomb'') (short)
* 1971: ''Plage privée'' (''Private Beach'') (short)
* 1978: ''
Rowing Across the Atlantic'' (''La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame'') (short)
* 1985: ''
Gwen, or the Book of Sand'' (''Gwen, le livre de sable'') (feature film)
* 1999: ''
A Monkey's Tale'' (''Le Château des singes'') (feature film)
* 2003: ''
Black Mor's Island'' (''L'Île de Black Mór'') (feature film)
* 2011: ''
The Painting'' (''Le Tableau'') (feature film)
* 2016: ''
Louise by the Shore'' (''Louise en hiver'') (feature film)
* 2019: ''The Prince's Voyage'' (''Le Voyage du Prince'') (feature film)
Languionie's 'Prince Voyage' Journeys to U.S. with Shout! Studios, Animation Magazine
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References
External links
*
Jean-François Laguionie
at La Fabrique
Jean-François Laguionie
at association française du cinéma d'animation
(interview)
Commentary on ''Rowing Across the Atlantic'' on YouTube
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1939 births
Living people
French comics writers
French animators
French animated film directors
French animated film producers
Film people from Besançon
French male writers