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Aliases: ポール・グリモー , Pōru gurimō , Поль Гримо , Pol' Grimo , 保罗·格里莫 , Bǎoluó·gé lǐ mò , بول جريمولت , bul jirimult , 폴 그리 모 , pol geuli mo

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

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Movie Involvements: 120

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Paul Grimault (23 March 1905 – 29 March 1994) was one of the most important French animators. He made many traditionally animated films that were delicate in style, satirical, and lyrical in nature. His most important work is Le Roi et l'oiseau, which ultimately took over 30 years to produce. He began it as La Bergère et le Ramoneur (The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep) in 1948 and it was highly anticipated, but Grimault's partner André Sarrut showed the film unfinished in 1952, against Grimault's wishes. This caused a rift between partners and a stop in production. In 1967, Grimault got possession of the film and subsequently was able to complete it in 1980 under a new title, Le Roi et l'oiseau, incorporating some footage from the original and re-hiring the original animators, together with some new, younger ones. There are many names for it in English that have been used in various releases, including: The King and the Bird (literal), The King and the Mockingbird, The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird and The King and Mr. Bird (1980). He also collected his best shorts in a retrospective compilation movie, La table tournante (1988), which is included in the deluxe edition of Le Roi et l'oiseau. In 1936 Grimault founded, with André Sarrut, Les Gémeaux, which was the second significant French animation venture, following the work of Émile Cohl, which had closed years earlier. During World War II, Americans films being unavailable, its films found a captive audience. The studio produced a number of shorts, then closed its doors in 1952 following the expense of making La Bergère et le Ramoneur, which was the first feature-length French animated movie. Grimault was part of the agitprop group Groupe Octobre. At this group he met Jacques Prévert, with whom he went on to collaborate on several animated films, most notably Le roi et l'oiseau. Source: Article "Paul Grimault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

The King and the Mockingbird
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8
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
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7
The Little Soldier
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6

The Little Soldier

(1947) Storyboard
De l'autre côté
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7

De l'autre côté

(1989) Producer
To Die in Madrid
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8

To Die in Madrid

(1963) Animation
The Enchanter is Enchanted
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7

The Enchanter is Enchanted

(1938) Screenplay
The Passengers of Ursa Major
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6

The Passengers of Ursa Major

(1943) Screenplay
The Scarecrow
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6

The Scarecrow

(1946) Writer

Acting

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Animation
1963 Animation
1950 Supervising Animation Director
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Production

Directing

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1988 Director
Director
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Director
1951 Director
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1950 Director
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1942 Director
Director
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1938 Director
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1937 Director
1936 Director
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Director
1935 Director
1932 Director
1931 Director
Director
1929 Director
Director
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Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1988 Writer
Screenplay
Screenplay
1980 Screenplay
Writer
1975 Screenplay
1973 Screenplay
1972 Screenplay
1971 Screenplay
1970 Screenplay
1960 Screenplay
1959 Screenplay
1957 Screenplay
1956 Screenplay
1955 Writer
1953 Storyboard
Story
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Characters
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1951 Writer
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1950 Screenplay
1947 Writer
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Storyboard
1946 Writer
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1945 Screenplay
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1943 Screenplay
1942 Screenplay
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1939 Screenplay
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1938 Writer
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1937 Screenplay
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1936 Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
1935 Writer
1932 Screenplay
1931 Writer
Screenplay
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Editing

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
1964 Set Decoration
Art Direction
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Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1961 Special Effects Coordinator
1953 Cinematography
Year Role Movie/Tv

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
1956 Director of Photography
1953 Director of Photography
1938 Director of Photography
Year Role Movie/Tv

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