Biography
Michel Ocelot is a French screenwriter, designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 debut 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 Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb.
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Awards & recognition
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 2017
- Henri-Langlois award · 2011
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · 2009
- César Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1983
Filmography4 titles
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Tales of the Night
Dilili in Paris