René Laloux

Known for

Directing

Born

July 13, 1929

Birthplace

Paris, France

Died

March 14, 2004 (aged 74)

Biography

René Laloux 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 (Mœbius)...

Best known work

Fantastic Planet

1973

Time Masters

1982

Gandahar

1987

The Rain Children

2003

The Snails

1966

Dead Times

1964

How Wang-Fo Was Saved

1987

The Captive

1985

Monkey's Teeth

1961

Fantastic Laloux

2010

Filmography

TBA
De L'Orphelin de Perdide aux Maîtres du Temps
as Self
2010
Fantastic Laloux
as Self
2003
The Rain Children
Author, Idea
1998
The Eye of the Wolf
Adaptation, Writer, Original Film Writer
1989
De l'autre côtéTV
as Self (39 episodes), Art Direction, Original Series Creator, Original Concept, Series Composition, Original Story, Original Series Design, Series Director, Screenplay, Writer, Director, Creator
1989
Ernest the VampireTV
Art Direction, Controller, Music Supervisor, Editor
1988
The Chimerical Staircase
Art Direction
1987
Gandahar
Director, Writer, Screenplay
1987
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay, Writer
1985
The Captive
Writer, Director, Art Direction, Screenplay
1984
Quality Control
Director, Screenplay, Writer
1982
Time Masters
Director, Writer, Screenplay
1977
The Machine-Men
Director, Screenplay, Writer
1975
The Game
Director, Screenplay, Writer
1974
Spécial cinémaTV
as Self (1 episode)
1973
Fantastic Planet
Director, Screenplay
1973
The mountain giving birth
Lyricist, Writer, Story
1966
The Snails
Director, Screenplay, Animation
1964
Little Claus and Big Claus
as Un tanneur
1964
Dead Times
Director, Screenplay, Writer
1961
Monkey's Teeth
Director, Screenplay, Writer
1959
The Achalunés
Director, Screenplay, Writer
1957
Tick Tack
Director, Writer, Screenplay