Albert Lamorisse

Albert Lamorisse ( born January 13, 1922 in Paris, France, † June 2, 1970 in Karaj, Iran) was a French film director. He created significant short films and children's films.

• 3.1 Oscar
• 3.2 Other

Life

Originally a photographer, began Lamorisse in the forties with the production of short, artistic, poetic children's films, which could be described as a fantasy today. The world famous red balloon in which a French boy (played by his son ) was friendship closes with a red balloon. For this film, he received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and sat down with it, among other things against Federico Fellini (La Strada - The Song of the Road ) by. Most of Lamorisses films emerged in its screenplay and produced by himself. For some children later books were created, in part with his involvement.

Later he turned and longer movies, but with less success. In the film Fifi, the spring the technical effects were praised. In later years he devoted himself to the documentary. Lamorisse died in a helicopter crash during the aerial photographs to Bode Saba - wind of the desert, a documentary about Iran and its landscape. The work was completed on the basis of notes of the filmmaker and published in 1978. A year later Lamorisse posthumously received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

In the fifties Lamorisse invented the strategic board game La Conquête du Monde ( German: The Conquest of the World ), which was later manufactured under the name risk of Parker Brothers Games and 1980 the prize was awarded The Golden Pawns.

Filmography (selection)

Short Films

Feature Films

Awards

Oscar

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International Film Festival of Cannes

Jean Vigo Prize

Louis- Delluc Price

International Film Festival of Venice