Michel Ocelot
Known for
Directing
Born
October 27, 1943 (age 82)
Birthplace
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 An...
Best known work
Kirikou and the Sorceress
1998
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
2006
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2005
Princes and Princesses
2000
Kirikou and the Men and Women
2012
Dilili in Paris
2018
Tales of the Night
2011
The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
2022
Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
2016
The Three Inventors
1980Filmography
2026
The Three-Eared RabbitsDirector, Writer, Art Direction
2022
The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the PrincessDirector, Screenplay, Production Design, Story Artist, Art Direction
2021
2021
La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelotas Self (voice)
2020
Pablo–Paris–SatieDirector, Screenplay, Writer
2018
Dilili in ParisScreenplay, Director
2016
Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princessas Matelot 2 / Le médecin (voice) (archive footage), Writer, Director, Screenplay
2013
Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yumeas Various Characters (voice) (archive footage), Storyboard, Screenplay, Director
2012
Kirikou and the Men and WomenDirector, Screenplay, Writer
2011
Tales of the Nightas Mélonghé (voice), Director, Writer, Screenplay
2010
2008
The Wedding GuestScreenplay, Director
2008
The Hidden Treasures of Michel OcelotScreenplay, Writer, Director
2006
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' QuestDirector, Screenplay, Writer
2005
Kirikou and the Wild BeastsDirector, Screenplay
2005
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mysteryas Self - Interviewee
2000
Princes and PrincessesDirector, Writer, Decorator, Animation, Screenplay
2000
The Princess of DiamondsCreator, Screenplay, Director
1998
Kirikou and the SorceressWriter, Director, Screenplay
1994
The Little Circus and Other TalesDirector, Screenplay
1992
The Dancing ShepherdessWriter, Director
1992
The Prince of JewelsDirector, Writer, Storyboard, Story
1992
The Maid and the MagicianWriter, Director
1992
Tales of the NightScreenplay, Writer, Director
1989
Ciné siTVDirector, Screenplay, Writer, Art Direction, Decorator, Animation, Graphic Designer, Creator