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Albert Lamorisse

 
Director: Albert Lamorisse
 
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  • Born: Jan 13, 1922 in Paris, France
  • Died: 1970
  • Occupation: Director, Writer
  • Active: '50s-'60s
  • Major Genres: Children's/Family
  • Career Highlights: The Red Balloon, Fifi la Plume, Crin Blanc
  • First Major Screen Credit: Bim the Little Donkey (1950)

Biography

French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse is best remembered for making the exquisite short The Red Balloon(1956) a whimsical fantasy in which a French boy is befriended by a magical red balloon. The short earned him both a grand prize at Cannes and an American Oscar. Lamorisse started out as a photographer and began making short films in the late 1940s. The poetic simplicity of his short- and medium-length films gained him an international reputation. His 1952 short, White Mane, an account of how a young boy gentles an untamable wild white stallion, also took top prizes at Cannes and the American Oscars. He unsuccessfully tried his hand at feature-length films in the early '60s and then returned to making short documentaries. Tragically, while making The Lover's Wind (1970) in Teheran, Lamorrise was killed in a helicopter crash. Using his production notes, the film was edited and released in 1978 and earned him a posthumous Oscar for "Best Feature Documentary." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Albert Lamorisse
Born 13 January 1922(1922-01-13)
Paris, France
Died 2 June 1970 (aged 48)
Tehran, Iran
Occupation Writer, Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Years active 1947-1970

Albert Lamorisse (13 January 1922 – 2 June 1970) was a French award-winning 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 gentles 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 Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and an Oscar for writing the best original screenplay in 1956.[1]

Lamorisse also wrote, directed and produced the well-regarded films Stowaway in the Sky (1960) and Circus Angel, as well as the documentaries Versailles and Paris Jamais Vu. In addition to films, he created the popular strategy board game Risk in 1957.[2]

Lamorisse and his wife had three children: Pascal, a son, and two daughters named Sabine and Fanny. Pascal and Sabine were featured in The Red Balloon. Albert Lamorisse died in a helicopter crash while filming the documentary Le Vent des amoureux (The Lovers' Wind), during a helicopter-tour of Iran in 1970.[3] His son and his widow completed the film, based on his production notes, and released the film eight years later, in 1978. It was nominated for a posthumous Oscar for best documentary.

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Director filmography

Short films

Feature films

Documentaries

Awards

Wins

Nominations

  • British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA Film Award, White Mane, Best Documentary Film, France; 1954.
  • Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion; Le Voyage en ballon; 1960.
  • Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm; Fifi la plume; 1965.
  • Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm; Best Short Film, Versailles; 1967.
  • Academy Awards: Oscar; Best Documentary, Features, Le Vent des amoureux; 1979.

References

  1. ^ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Awards Database
  2. ^ a b c The Red Balloon, IMDb database entry.
  3. ^ Terence Rafferty (2007-11-11). "Two Short Fables That Revel in Freedom". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/movies/11raff.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved on 2007-12-23. 
  4. ^ Awards lists in 1956, at the official site of the Festival de Cannes.
  5. ^ BAFTA. Winners and nominees lits from 1950 to 1959, at the official site of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  6. ^ National Board of Review. Awards for 1957, NBR web site. Last accessed: 2 November 2007.

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