René Laloux
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) to create the lesser known film Les Maîtres du temps (Time Masters), released in 1982. Laloux's 1988 film, Gandahar, was released in the US as Light Years, and made in cooperation with the artist Caza. The US version was redubbed by Harvey Weinstein, from a screenplay adapted by Isaac Asimov. The US version was not as successful as the French version, grossing less than $400,000 on its release. Laloux died of a heart attack on March 14, 2004 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.
Time Masters
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Gandahar
(Director)
Fantastic Planet
(Director)
The Rain Children
(Author)
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
(Director)
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
(Adaptation)
Dead Times
(Director)
The Chimerical Staircase
(Art Direction)
The Captive
(Writer)
The Captive
(Director)
The Snails
(Director)
The Eye of the Wolf
(Adaptation)
Monkey's Teeth
(Director)
Time Masters
(Writer)
The Captive
(Art Direction)
The Achalunés
(Director)
Quality Control
(Director)
The Machine-Men
(Director)
The Game
(Director)
Tick Tack
(Director)
The mountain giving birth
(Lyricist)
Gandahar
(Writer)
The mountain giving birth
(Writer)
Dead Times
(Screenplay)
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
(Screenplay)
Quality Control
(Screenplay)
The Game
(Screenplay)
Tick Tack
(Writer)
Monkey's Teeth
(Screenplay)
The Machine-Men
(Screenplay)
The Machine-Men
(Writer)
The Game
(Writer)
The Snails
(Screenplay)
The Achalunés
(Screenplay)
The Achalunés
(Writer)
The Eye of the Wolf
(Writer)
The Eye of the Wolf
(Original Film Writer)
The mountain giving birth
(Story)
Fantastic Planet
(Screenplay)
The Rain Children
(Idea)
Monkey's Teeth
(Writer)
Tick Tack
(Screenplay)
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
(Writer)
The Captive
(Screenplay)
Time Masters
(Screenplay)
Gandahar
(Screenplay)
Quality Control
(Writer)
Dead Times
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The Snails
(Animation)
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Ernest the Vampire
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Ernest the Vampire
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Ernest the Vampire
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Ernest the Vampire
(Editor)
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