Colombat, Jacques

(1940, Paris, France - )

   In 1958, he met filmmaker Paul Grimault, who intro­duced his animated films at the Arts Appliqués school in Paris, where he was a student. He immediately gave up his studies to work with Grimault. His two first shorts were produced by his master. He also was an occasional actor (1964 Le Petit Claus et le grand Claus, TV, Pierre Prévert; 1980 Le Roi et l'Oiseau, animation, voice only, Paul Grimault ) and appeared as himself in a documentary (2003 Paul Grimault, Image par Image, documentary, as himself, Fabienne Issartel).

 Filmography

1961 ◘ Marcel, ta Mère t'appelle (animated short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Western (short)

        ◘ Les Filous (short; also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ La Tartelette (animated short; also screenwriter, adapter)

1969 ◘ Calaveras (animated short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Montagne qui accouche (animated short)

        ◘ Un Train peut en cacher un Autre (short; also screenwriter)

1974 ◘ Un Train peut en cacher un autre (short)

1991 ◘ Robinson et Compagnie (animation; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, associate producer)

 Television Filmography

1994 ◘ Les Contes du Chat perché (animation;TV series)