Jean Tourane

Known for

Directing

Born

November 3, 1919

Birthplace

Angervilliers, Seine-et-Oise [now Essonne], France

Died

March 24, 1986 (aged 66)

Biography

Jean Tourane (1919–1986) was a French filmmaker known for his footage of small animals. His birth name was Jean Briel. Among others he filmed a television series about a small duck named "Saturnin" during the 1960s. In the 1990s, clips from this series were merged into a new series called The Adventures of Dynamo Duck, which aired on Fox Kids in the United States.

Tourane started his professional career as a painter and photographer of small animals, and moved from photography into film. After making a number of shorts, he made the first full-length Saturnin movie, and was in 1964 awarded a contract for 78 television episodes with French television.

He was also for a time the mayor of the...