René Laloux

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René Laloux
Born July 13, 1929(1929-07-13)
Flag of France Paris, France
Died March 13, 2004 (aged 74)
Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
Occupation Animator
Film director
Screenwriter
Years active 1960–1998

René Laloux (July 13, 1929 - March 13, 2004) was a French animator.

He was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting. After some time working in advertising, he got a job in a psychiatric institution where he began experimenting in animation with the interns. It is at the psychiatric institution that he made 1960's Monkey's Teeth (Les Dents du Singe), in collaboration with Paul Grimault's studio, and using a script written by the Cour Cheverny's interns.

Another important collaborator of his was Roland Topor with whom Laloux made Dead Time (Les Temps Morts, 1964), The Snails (Les Escargots, 1965) and his most famous work, the feature length Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage, 1973).

Laloux also worked with Jean Giraud (Moebius) to create the lesser known film Les Maîtres du temps (Time Masters) in 1981. Laloux's 1988 film, Gandahar, was released in the US as Light Years. The US version was redubbed by Harvey Weinstein, from a screenplay adapted by Isaac Asimov. The US version was not as successful as the French version, grossing less than US$400,000 on its release.[1]

Laloux died of a heart attack on March 13, 2004 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Contents

[edit] Feature Films

[edit] Short Films

  • Tick-Tock (1957)
  • Les Achalunés (1958)
  • The Monkey's Teeth (Les Dents du singe) (1960)
  • Dead Times (Les Temps morts) (1964)
  • The Snails (Les Escargots) (1965)
  • The Play (1975)
  • Quality Control (1984)
  • How Wang-fo Was Saved (Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé) (1987)
  • The Captive (La Prisonnière) (1988)
  • The Eye of the Wolf (L'Oeil du loup) (1998) (screenwriter only)

[edit] Film availability

  • Les Dents du singe (The Monkey's Teeth) (1960)
    • DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Anchor Bay (USA) (on the Fantastic Planet release)
  • Les Temps morts (Dead Times) (1964)
    • DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Anchor Bay (USA) (on the Fantastic Planet release)
  • Les Escargots (The Snails) (1965)
    • DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK) (on the Fantastic Planet release)
    • DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Anchor Bay (USA) (on the Fantastic Planet release)
  • La Planète sauvage (The Savage Planet), a.k.a. Fantastic Planet (1973)
    • DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)
    • DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Accent Cinema (USA)
  • Les Maîtres du temps (The Masters of Time), a.k.a. Time Masters (1981)
    • DVD: Region 0 PAL: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)
  • Comment Wang-Fô fut sauvé (How Wang-Fô Was Saved) (1987)
    • DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK) (on the Fantastic Planet release)
  • La Prisonnière (The Captive) (1988)
    • DVD: Region 0 PAL: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK) (on the Gandahar release)
  • Gandahar (1988)
    • DVD: Region 0 PAL: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry: "The Animated Movie Guide", pg. 143. Chicago Review Press, 2005

[edit] External links