Michel Ocelot

Michel Ocelot

Directing

Born:
1943-10-27
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michel Ocelot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

The Three-Eared Rabbits

The Three-Eared Rabbits

2026Director
Movie
The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

6.32022Director
Movie
Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati

Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati

2021Self
Movie
La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot

La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot

7.02021Self (voice)
Movie
Pablo–Paris–Satie

Pablo–Paris–Satie

7.02020Director
Movie
Dilili in Paris

Dilili in Paris

6.62018Screenplay
Movie
Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess

Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess

7.32016Matelot 2 / Le médecin (voice) (archive footage)
Movie
Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume

Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume

7.02013Various Characters (voice) (archive footage)
Movie
Kirikou and the Men and Women

Kirikou and the Men and Women

6.32012Director
Movie
Tales of the Night

Tales of the Night

7.32011Mélonghé (voice)
Movie
Dragons and Princesses

Dragons and Princesses

8.82010Director
TV
The Wedding Guest

The Wedding Guest

8.02008Screenplay
Movie
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot

The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot

6.72008
Movie
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest

7.72006Director
Movie
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

6.62005Director
Movie
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

6.92005Self - Interviewee
Movie
Princes and Princesses

Princes and Princesses

7.72000Writer
Movie
The Princess of Diamonds

The Princess of Diamonds

6.52000Director
Movie
Kirikou and the Sorceress

Kirikou and the Sorceress

7.41998Writer
Movie
The Little Circus and Other Tales

The Little Circus and Other Tales

7.01994Director
Movie
The Dancing Shepherdess

The Dancing Shepherdess

7.01992Writer
Movie
The Prince of Jewels

The Prince of Jewels

7.01992Writer
Movie
The Maid and the Magician

The Maid and the Magician

6.71992Director
Movie
Tales of the Night

Tales of the Night

5.71992Screenplay
Movie
Ciné si

Ciné si

7.71989Director
TV
Icare

Icare

1989Director
Movie
The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife

The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife

7.51987The Villein (Voice)
Movie
The Insensitive Princess

The Insensitive Princess

7.01983Narrator (Voice)
TV
After Midnight

After Midnight

9.01983(voice)
Movie
The Legend of the Poor Hunchback

The Legend of the Poor Hunchback

7.81982(Voice)
Movie
Daughters of Equality

Daughters of Equality

7.01981Screenplay
Movie
Beyond Oil

Beyond Oil

7.01981Writer
Movie
The Three Inventors

The Three Inventors

7.51980Narrator (voice)
Movie
Gideon

Gideon

6.01976Director
TV