Jean Tourane

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...

Best known work

Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education
1962
The Secret of Magic Island
The Secret of Magic Island
1956
The Magic of the Kite
The Magic of the Kite
1958
Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama
1956
Les Aventures de Saturnin
Les Aventures de Saturnin
1965
Saturnin et le Vaca-Vaca
Saturnin et le Vaca-Vaca
1969
Saturnin et le lac aux fées
Saturnin et le lac aux fées
1955
Les nouvelles aventures de Saturnin
Les nouvelles aventures de Saturnin
1984

Filmography

  1. 1984

    Les nouvelles aventures de SaturninTV

    Director

  2. 1969

    Saturnin et le Vaca-Vaca

    Director, Writer

  3. 1965

  4. 1962

  5. 1958

  6. 1956

  7. 1956

    CinépanoramaTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  8. 1955

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