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Birthday: Mar 23, 1905
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Paul Grimault

Paul Grimault (23 March 1905 – 29 March 1994) was one of the most important French animators. He made many traditionally animated films that were delicate in style, satirical, and lyrical in nature. His most important work is Le Roi et l'oiseau, which ultimately took over 30 years to produce. He began it as La Bergère et le Ramoneur (The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep) in 1948 and it was highly anticipated, but Grimault's partner André Sarrut showed the film unfinished in 1952, against Grimault's wishes. This caused a rift between partners and a stop in production. In 1967, Grimault got possession of the film and subsequently was able to complete it in 1980 under a new title, Le Roi et l'oiseau, incorporating some footage from the original and re-hiring the original animators, together with some new, younger ones. There are many names for it in English that have been used in various releases, including: The King and the Bird (literal), The King and the Mockingbird, The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird and The King and Mr. Bird (1980). He also collected his best shorts in a retrospective compilation movie, La table tournante (1988), which is included in the deluxe edition of Le Roi et l'oiseau. In 1936 Grimault founded, with André Sarrut, Les Gémeaux, which was the second significant French animation venture, following the work of Émile Cohl, which had closed years earlier. During World War II, Americans films being unavailable, its films found a captive audience. The studio produced a number of shorts, then closed its doors in 1952 following the expense of making La Bergère et le Ramoneur, which was the first feature-length French animated movie. Grimault was part of the agitprop group Groupe Octobre. At this group he met Jacques Prévert, with whom he went on to collaborate on several animated films, most notably Le roi et l'oiseau. Source: Article "Paul Grimault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Coup de Torchon Le condamné à mort (dans le film publicitaire "Galeries Barbès") 1981
Turning Table Himself, The Jester 1988
The Séance Is Over Himself 1931
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo Self 2012
Levitan: That Night Henri II 1932
Paris mange son pain 1958
L'Atalante Le chaland qui passe (uncredited) 1934
The Free Trade Hotel 1934
Le Colisée The Barrel Organ Player 1933
The Crime of Monsieur Lange Typesetter (uncredited) 1936
The Lower Depths Uncredited 1936
Le Pèlerinage 1962
Paul Grimault, image par image Himself 2003
Drôle d'oiseau Self 2003
S'il n'en reste qu'un, nous serons ces deux-là Self (archive footage) 2013
Series Cast Year
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche Self 1975
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