Michel Ocelot
- Born
- October 27, 1943 (82 years old)
- Place of birth
- Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France
Biography
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.
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Known for
Filmography
- 2026The Three-Eared RabbitsFilm · Director, Writer, Art Direction
- 2022The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the PrincessFilm · Director, Screenplay, Production Design, Story Artist, Art Direction★ 6.2
- 2020Pablo–Paris–SatieFilm · Director, Screenplay, Writer
- 2018Dilili in ParisFilm · Screenplay, Director★ 6.6
- 2016Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing PrincessFilm · Writer, Director, Screenplay★ 7.3
- 2013Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yumeFilm · Storyboard, Screenplay, Director
- 2012Kirikou and the Men and WomenFilm · Director, Screenplay, Writer★ 6.3
- 2011Tales of the NightFilm · Director, Writer, Screenplay★ 7.3
- 2010Dragons and PrincessesSeries · Director, Creator
- 2008The Wedding GuestFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2008The Hidden Treasures of Michel OcelotFilm · Screenplay, Writer, Director
- 2006Azur & Asmar: The Princes' QuestFilm · Director, Screenplay, Writer★ 7.7
- 2005Kirikou and the Wild BeastsFilm · Director, Screenplay★ 6.6
- 2000Princes and PrincessesFilm · Director, Writer, Decorator, Animation, Screenplay★ 7.7
- 2000The Princess of DiamondsFilm · Creator, Screenplay, Director
- 1998Kirikou and the SorceressFilm · Writer, Director, Screenplay★ 7.4
- 1994The Little Circus and Other TalesFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 1992The Dancing ShepherdessFilm · Writer, Director
- 1992The Prince of JewelsFilm · Director, Writer, Storyboard, Story
- 1992The Maid and the MagicianFilm · Writer, Director
- 1992Tales of the NightFilm · Screenplay, Writer, Director
- 1989Ciné siSeries · Director, Writer, Screenplay, Decorator, Animation, Graphic Designer, Art Direction, Creator
- 1989IcareFilm · Director, Decorator
- 1987The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His WifeFilm · Screenplay, Animation, Art Direction, Director, Writer
- 1983The Insensitive PrincessSeries · Director, Screenplay, Writer, Graphic Designer, Creator
- 1982The Legend of the Poor HunchbackFilm · Screenplay, Graphic Designer, Director, Writer
- 1981Daughters of EqualityFilm · Screenplay, Writer, Animation, Graphic Designer, Editor, Director
- 1981Beyond OilFilm · Writer, Screenplay, Director
- 1980The Three InventorsFilm · Screenplay, Director, Writer★ 7.5
- 1976GideonSeries · Director, Background Designer, Writer, Creator
