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Jean-François Laguionie

Directing

Born October 4, 1939 · Besançon, France

Also known as J.F. Laguionie · ジャン＝フランソワ・ラギオニ · Jan = Furansowa ragioni

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Biography

Jean-François Laguionie (born October 10, 1939 in Besançon) is a French animator, film director and producer of animation. Laguionie was originally interested in theatre but his encounter with Paul Grimault gave him the opportunity to learn the techniques of animated film. Though they were very close to each other, Paul Grimault and Jean-François Laguionie rarely worked together (though Grimault produced Laguionie's first three shorts). Jean-François Laguionie then directed several short films, climaxing with the now famous La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame (Rowing across the Atlantic) (1978), which won the César Award for best short animated film in 1979. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Awards & recognition

  • European Film Award — Best Animated Feature Film · 2017 · nominated

Filmography11 titles

The Story of Christmas

1994Adaptation, Screenplay

The Prince’s Voyage

2019Animation, Art Direction, Dialogue, Director, Original Film Writer, Screenplay, Writer

The Painting

2011as Self-portrait / The Painter (voice)

Santa's Christmas Snooze

1995Adaptation, Delegated Producer, Producer, Writer

Potr' and the Girl of Water

1974Animation, Decorator, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Other, Screenplay, Writer

Noah's Ark

1967Animation, Decorator, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Writer

The Mask of the Devil

1976Animation, Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Writer

Oh, Sun

1970Animation

A Monkey's Tale

1999Character Technical Supervisor, Director, Screenplay, Storyboard, Writer

Gwen and the Book of Sand

1985Dialogue, Director, Screenplay, Writer

Rowing Across the Atlantic

1978Animation, Cinematography, Decorator, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay, Writer