René Laloux

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name = René Laloux


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birthplace = flagicon|France Paris, France
deathdate = death date and age|2004|3|13|1929|7|13
deathplace = Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France
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occupation = Animator
Film director
Screenwriter
yearsactive = 1960–1998
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René Laloux (July 13, 1929–March 13, 2004) was a French animator and film director.

He 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") in 1981. Laloux's 1988 film, "Gandahar", was released in the US as "Light Years". 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 US$400,000 on its release. [Beck, Jerry: "The Animated Movie Guide", pg. 143. Chicago Review Press, 2005]

Laloux died of a heart attack on March 13, 2004 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Feature Films

*"Fantastic Planet" (1973)
*"Time Masters" (1981)
*"Gandahar" (1987) (released in the U.S. in bowdlerized form under the title "Light Years")

hort Films

*"Tick-Tock" (1957)
*"Les Achalunés" (1958)
*"The Monkey's Teeth (Les Dents du singe)" (1960)
*"Dead Times (Les Temps morts)" (1964)
*" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiXn6d13YC0 The Snails (Les Escargots)] " (1965)
*"The Play" (1975)
*"Quality Control" (1984)
*"How Wang-fo Was Saved (Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé)" (1987)
*"The Captive (La Prisonnière)" (1988)
*"Eye of the Wolf (L'Œil du loup)" (1998) (screenwriter only)

Film availability

*"Les Dents du singe" ("The Monkey's Teeth") (1960)
**DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Anchor Bay (USA) (on the "Fantastic Planet" release)
*"Les Temps morts" ("Dead Times") (1964)
**DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Anchor Bay (USA) (on the "Fantastic Planet" release)
*"Les Escargots" ("The Snails") (1965)
**DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK) (on the "Fantastic Planet" release)
**DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Anchor Bay (USA) (on the "Fantastic Planet" release)
*"La Planète sauvage" ("The Savage Planet"), a.k.a. "Fantastic Planet" (1973)
**DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)
**DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Accent Cinema (USA)
*"Les Maîtres du temps" ("The Masters of Time"), a.k.a. "Time Masters" (1981)
**DVD: Region 0 PAL: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)
*"Comment Wang-Fô fut sauvé" ("How Wang-Fô Was Saved") (1987)
**DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK) (on the "Fantastic Planet" release)
*"La Prisonnière" ("The Captive") (1988)
**DVD: Region 0 PAL: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK) (on the "Gandahar" release)
*"Gandahar" (1988)
**DVD: Region 0 PAL: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)

Notes

External links

*imdb name|0482537
* [http://palais.wikidot.com/rene-laloux René Laloux biography] at Le Palais des dessins animés
* [http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-wan-f-was-saved-1987.html "Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé" review] at Lessons From the School of Inattention