Jean Painlevé (1902-1989)

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Born:
November 20, 1902

Died:
July 2, 1989

Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.

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Camera Operator:
1945  Le Journal de la Résistance

Director:
1925  The Stickleback's Eggs
1927  Mathusalem
1927  The Octopus
1928  Daphnia
1929  Hyas and Stenorhynchus
1929  Sea Urchins
1930  Caprelles et Pantopodes
1930  Crabs and Shrimp
1930  Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
1930  Hermit crab
1934  The Sea Horse
1936  Bluebeard
1936  The Fourth Dimension
1937  Similarities Between Length and Speed
1937  The Struggle for Survival
1937  Voyage to the Sky
1945  Le Journal de la Résistance
1945  The Vampire
1946  Children's Play
1947  Freshwater Assassins
1954  Sea Urchins
1955  Calder's 1927 Great Circus
1956  Sea Ballerinas
1960  How Some Jellyfish Are Born
1964  Shrimp Stories
1967  The Love Life of an Octopus
1968  Diatoms
1972  Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1974  Energy and Dynamics of Photons
1978  Liquid Crystals
1982  Pigeons in the Square
2001  The Sounds of Science
2007  Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
????  Descente de la mer en accéléré
????  La table penchenat
????  homards

Director of Photography:
1925  The Stickleback's Eggs
1927  Mathusalem
1927  The Octopus
1928  Daphnia
1929  Hyas and Stenorhynchus
1929  Sea Urchins
1930  Caprelles et Pantopodes
1930  Crabs and Shrimp
1930  Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
1930  Hermit crab
1934  The Sea Horse
1936  Bluebeard
1936  The Fourth Dimension
1937  Similarities Between Length and Speed
1937  The Struggle for Survival
1937  Voyage to the Sky
1945  Le Journal de la Résistance
1945  The Vampire
1946  Children's Play
1947  Freshwater Assassins
1954  Sea Urchins
1955  Calder's 1927 Great Circus
1956  Sea Ballerinas
1960  How Some Jellyfish Are Born
1964  Shrimp Stories
1967  The Love Life of an Octopus
1968  Diatoms
1972  Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1974  Energy and Dynamics of Photons
1978  Liquid Crystals
1982  Pigeons in the Square
2001  The Sounds of Science
2007  Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
????  Descente de la mer en accéléré
????  La table penchenat
????  homards

Editor:
1925  The Stickleback's Eggs
1927  Mathusalem
1927  The Octopus
1928  Daphnia
1929  Hyas and Stenorhynchus
1929  Sea Urchins
1930  Caprelles et Pantopodes
1930  Crabs and Shrimp
1930  Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
1930  Hermit crab
1934  The Sea Horse
1936  Bluebeard
1936  The Fourth Dimension
1937  Similarities Between Length and Speed
1937  The Struggle for Survival
1937  Voyage to the Sky
1945  Le Journal de la Résistance
1945  The Vampire
1946  Children's Play
1947  Freshwater Assassins
1954  Sea Urchins
1955  Calder's 1927 Great Circus
1956  Sea Ballerinas
1960  How Some Jellyfish Are Born
1964  Shrimp Stories
1967  The Love Life of an Octopus
1968  Diatoms
1972  Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1974  Energy and Dynamics of Photons
1978  Liquid Crystals
1982  Pigeons in the Square
2001  The Sounds of Science
2007  Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
????  Descente de la mer en accéléré
????  La table penchenat
????  homards

Producer:
1925  The Stickleback's Eggs
1927  Mathusalem
1927  The Octopus
1928  Daphnia
1929  Hyas and Stenorhynchus
1929  Sea Urchins
1930  Caprelles et Pantopodes
1930  Crabs and Shrimp
1930  Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
1930  Hermit crab
1934  The Sea Horse
1936  Bluebeard
1936  The Fourth Dimension
1937  Similarities Between Length and Speed
1937  The Struggle for Survival
1937  Voyage to the Sky
1945  Le Journal de la Résistance
1945  The Vampire
1946  Children's Play
1947  Freshwater Assassins
1954  Sea Urchins
1955  Calder's 1927 Great Circus
1956  Sea Ballerinas
1960  How Some Jellyfish Are Born
1964  Shrimp Stories
1967  The Love Life of an Octopus
1968  Diatoms
1972  Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1974  Energy and Dynamics of Photons
1978  Liquid Crystals
1982  Pigeons in the Square
2001  The Sounds of Science
2007  Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
????  Descente de la mer en accéléré
????  La table penchenat
????  homards

Special Effects:
1925  The Stickleback's Eggs
1927  Mathusalem
1927  The Octopus
1928  Daphnia
1929  Hyas and Stenorhynchus
1929  Sea Urchins
1930  Caprelles et Pantopodes
1930  Crabs and Shrimp
1930  Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
1930  Hermit crab
1934  The Sea Horse
1936  Bluebeard
1936  The Fourth Dimension
1937  Similarities Between Length and Speed
1937  The Evil Eye
1937  The Struggle for Survival
1937  Voyage to the Sky
1945  Le Journal de la Résistance
1945  The Vampire
1946  Children's Play
1947  Freshwater Assassins
1954  Sea Urchins
1955  Calder's 1927 Great Circus
1956  Sea Ballerinas
1960  How Some Jellyfish Are Born
1964  Shrimp Stories
1967  The Love Life of an Octopus
1968  Diatoms
1972  Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1974  Energy and Dynamics of Photons
1978  Liquid Crystals
1982  Pigeons in the Square
2001  The Sounds of Science
2007  Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
????  Descente de la mer en accéléré
????  La table penchenat
????  homards

Writer:
1925  The Stickleback's Eggs
1927  Mathusalem
1927  The Octopus
1928  Daphnia
1929  Hyas and Stenorhynchus
1929  Sea Urchins
1930  Caprelles et Pantopodes
1930  Crabs and Shrimp
1930  Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
1930  Hermit crab
1934  The Sea Horse
1936  Bluebeard
1936  The Fourth Dimension
1937  Similarities Between Length and Speed
1937  The Evil Eye
1937  The Struggle for Survival
1937  Voyage to the Sky
1945  Le Journal de la Résistance
1945  The Vampire
1946  Children's Play
1947  Freshwater Assassins
1954  Sea Urchins
1955  Calder's 1927 Great Circus
1956  Sea Ballerinas
1960  How Some Jellyfish Are Born
1964  Shrimp Stories
1967  The Love Life of an Octopus
1968  Diatoms
1972  Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1974  Energy and Dynamics of Photons
1978  Liquid Crystals
1982  Pigeons in the Square
2001  The Sounds of Science
2007  Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
????  Descente de la mer en accéléré
????  La table penchenat
????  homards

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