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Michel Ocelot

Directing

Michel Ocelot

FR, IT, JA cinema · 30 credits

Born

27 October 1943 (age 83)

Birthplace

Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France

Also known as ミッシェル・オスロ · Missheru Osuro · Мише́ль Осело́ · Myshélʹ Oseló · ميشيل أوسيلوت · mishil 'uwsilut

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 poster

The Three-Eared Rabbits

FR · 2026Not rated

Director, Writer, Art Direction

The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess poster

The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

FR · 20226.2

Director, Screenplay, Story Artist, Production Design, Art Direction

Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati poster

Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati

IT · 2021Not rated

as Self

La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot poster

La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot

FR · 20217.0

as Self (voice)

Pablo–Paris–Satie poster

Pablo–Paris–Satie

FR · 20207.0

Director, Writer, Screenplay

Dilili in Paris poster

Dilili in Paris

FR · 20186.6

Screenplay, Director

Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess poster

Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess

FR · 20167.3

as Matelot 2 / Le médecin (voice) (archive footage), Writer, Director, Screenplay

Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume poster

Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume

JA · 20137.0

as Various Characters (voice) (archive footage), Storyboard, Screenplay, Director

Kirikou and the Men and Women poster

Kirikou and the Men and Women

FR · 20126.3

Director, Screenplay, Writer

Tales of the Night poster

Tales of the Night

FR · 20117.3

as Mélonghé (voice), Director, Writer, Screenplay

The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot poster

The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot

FR · 20086.7

Actor, Screenplay, Writer, Director

The Wedding Guest poster

The Wedding Guest

FR · 20088.0

Screenplay, Director

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest poster

Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest

FR · 20067.7

Director, Screenplay, Writer

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery poster

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

FR · 20056.9

as Self - Interviewee

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts poster

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts

FR · 20056.6

Director, Screenplay

Princes and Princesses poster

Princes and Princesses

FR · 20007.7

Writer, Director, Animation, Decorator, Screenplay

The Princess of Diamonds poster

The Princess of Diamonds

FR · 20006.5

Director, Creator, Screenplay

Kirikou and the Sorceress poster

Kirikou and the Sorceress

FR · 19987.4

Writer, Director, Screenplay

The Little Circus and Other Tales poster

The Little Circus and Other Tales

FR · 19947.0

Director, Screenplay

The Dancing Shepherdess poster

The Dancing Shepherdess

FR · 19927.0

Writer, Director

The Prince of Jewels poster

The Prince of Jewels

FR · 19927.0

Writer, Director, Storyboard, Story

The Maid and the Magician poster

The Maid and the Magician

FR · 19926.7

Director, Writer

Tales of the Night poster

Tales of the Night

FR · 19925.7

Screenplay, Writer, Director

Icare poster

Icare

FR · 1989Not rated

Director, Decorator

The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife poster

The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife

FR · 19877.5

as The Villein (Voice), Screenplay, Art Direction, Animation, Director, Writer

After Midnight poster

After Midnight

FR · 19839.0

as (voice)

The Legend of the Poor Hunchback poster

The Legend of the Poor Hunchback

FR · 19827.8

as (Voice), Screenplay, Graphic Designer, Director, Writer

Daughters of Equality poster

Daughters of Equality

FR · 19817.0

Screenplay, Writer, Editor, Graphic Designer, Animation, Director

Beyond Oil poster

Beyond Oil

FR · 19817.0

Writer, Screenplay, Director

The Three Inventors poster

The Three Inventors

FR · 19807.5

as Narrator (voice), Screenplay, Director, Writer