Michel Ocelot (b. 1943)

Alias:
Missheru Osuro
Myshélʹ Oseló
Mǐ xiē ěr·ōu sī luò
mishil 'uwsilut
misyel osellos
Мише́ль Осело́
ميشيل أوسيلوت
ミッシェル・オスロ
米歇尔·欧斯洛
미셸 오셀롯

Birthplace:
Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France

Born:
October 27, 1943

Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, narrator and other roles in earlier works) and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 début feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. In 2015 he got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Michel Ocelot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Animation:
1981  Daughters of Equality
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
2000  Princes and Princesses

Art Direction:
1981  Daughters of Equality
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
2000  Princes and Princesses
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Creator:
1981  Daughters of Equality
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
2000  Princes and Princesses
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Decorator:
1981  Daughters of Equality
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
2000  Princes and Princesses
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Director:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Editor:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Graphic Designer:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Production Design:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Screenplay:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Story:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Story Artist:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Storyboard:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Writer:
1974  The Tobacconist
1980  The Three Inventors
1981  Beyond Oil
1981  Daughters of Equality
1982  The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
1987  The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
1989  The Princess of Diamonds
1992  Tales of the Night
1992  The Dancing Shepherdess
1992  The Maid and the Magician
1992  The Prince of Jewels
1994  The Little Circus and Other Tales
1998  Kirikou and the Sorceress
2000  Princes and Princesses
2005  Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2006  Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2008  The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot
2008  The Wedding Guest
2011  Tales of the Night
2012  Kirikou and the Men and Women
2013  Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume
2016  Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2018  Dilili in Paris
2020  Pablo–Paris–Satie
2022  The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

Animation:
1989  Ciné si

Art Direction:
1989  Ciné si

Background Designer:
1976  Gideon
1989  Ciné si

Creator:
1976  Gideon
1983  The Insensitive Princess
1989  Ciné si
2010  Dragons and Princesses

Decorator:
1976  Gideon
1983  The Insensitive Princess
1989  Ciné si
2010  Dragons and Princesses

Director:
1976  Gideon
1983  The Insensitive Princess
1989  Ciné si
2010  Dragons and Princesses

Graphic Designer:
1976  Gideon
1983  The Insensitive Princess
1989  Ciné si
2010  Dragons and Princesses

Screenplay:
1976  Gideon
1983  The Insensitive Princess
1989  Ciné si
2010  Dragons and Princesses

Writer:
1976  Gideon
1983  The Insensitive Princess
1989  Ciné si
2010  Dragons and Princesses

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