Ocelot, Michel

(1943, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France - )

   The son of teachers, he spent his childhood in Co­nakry, Guinea, and his teenage years in Angers, France. After studying successively at the Beaux-Arts of Rouen, at the Art Deco of Paris, and at the California Institute of the Arts, he learned his craft making some amateur animated pictures. In 2007, he directed a video clip for Icelandic singer Bjôrk (Earth Intruders).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Trois Inventeurs (animated short; also cinematographer, production designer, voice, editor)

        ◘ Les Filles de l'Egalité (animated short; also editor)

        ◘ La Légende du pauvre Bossu (animated short; also cinematographer, production designer, editor)

        ◘ La Princesse insensible (animated short)

        ◘ Les Quatre Vœux (animated short; also screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, voice)

        ◘ Les Quatre Vœux du Vilain et de sa Femme (ani­mated short)

        ◘ La Princesse des Diamants (animated short; also cinematographer, production designer, editor)

        ◘ Prince et Princesse (animated short)

        ◘ La Reine cruelle (animated short; also produc­tion designer)

        ◘ Le Manteau de la Vieille Dame (animated short; also production designer)

1998 ◘ Kirikou et la Sorcière / USA: Kirikou and the Sor­ceress (animation; also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium / Luxembourg)

2000 ◘ Princes et Princesses (animation; also screenwriter, dialogist, production designer)

        ◘ Kirikou et les Bêtes sauvages (animation; co-director with Bénédicte Galup; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, lyricist, producer)

        ◘ Azur et Asmar (animation; also screenwriter, dialogist)