Image, Jean

(Imre Hadju / January 26, 1911, Budapest, Hungary - October 25, l989, Paris, France)

   A painter and a set decorator, he settled in Paris in l937. He produced and directed several commercials before specializing in cartoons. From l960, he mainly worked for TV.

 Filmography

1937 ◘ Sur Deux Notes (animated short)

1939 ◘ Le Loup et l'Agneau (animated short)

        ◘ Les Noirs jouent et gagnent (animated short)

        ◘ Princesse Clé de Sol (animated short)

        ◘ Les Somnambules (animated short)

        ◘ Fantaisies à Paris (animation)

        ◘ Rhapsodie de Saturne (animated short; also producer)

1948 ◘ Ballade atomique (animated short; also producer)

1950 ◘ Jeannot l'Intrépide / USA: Johnny the Giant Killer / US TV: Johnny Little and the Giant (animation; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Bonjour Paris / La Tour prends garde (animation; also producer)

1953 ◘ Le Loup et l'Agneau (animation; second version; also producer)

        ◘ The River of Steel (animation; short)

        ◘ La Cigale et la Fourmi (animated short; also producer)

        ◘ Monsieur Victor ou la Machine à retrouver le Temps (animated short; also producer)

        ◘ Un Grain de bon Sens (animated short)

        ◘ L'Aventure du Père Noël (animated short; also producer)

        ◘ La Petite Reine (animated short; also producer)

1958 ◘ Le Petit Peintre et la Sirène (animated short; also producer)

        ◘ Magie moderne (animated short; also producer)

1959 ◘ François s'évade (animated short; also producer)

        ◘ Picolo le petit Peintre (animated short)

        ◘ Le Chêne et le Roseau (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Loe chez les Abeilles (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Loe et la Fête des Abeilles (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Joe et le Ciné Miel (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Loe le Gourmand (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Western à Rucheville (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

1963 ◘ La Bataille de Fourmicity (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Le Chanteur inconnu (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ La Fontaine des Trois Soldats (animated short)

        ◘ La Fourmi géante (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Loe fait l'Ecole buissonnière (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Le Petit Train (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

        ◘ Visite à Fourmicity (animated short; co-director with Denis Boutin)

1965 ◘ Images d'Epinal (animated short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Licolo à la Tour Eiffel (animated short)

        ◘ Licolo à l'Opéra (animated short)

        ◘ Licolo au Défilé du 14 Juillet (animated short)

1968 ◘ Les Enfants de l'Espace (animated short; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Aladin et la Lampe merveilleuse / UK and USA: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (animated short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Pantatomanie (animated short; also screenwriter)

1973 ◘ Joë petit Boum-Boum / Canada: Johnny in the Valley of the Giants (animation; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Crayon de l'Espace (animated short; also screenwriter)

1979 ◘ Piluk, Naufragé de l'Espace (animation; also screenwriter; shot in l974)

        ◘ Les Fabuleuses Aventures du légendaire Baron de Munchausen (animation; also co-screenwriter, delegate producer)

1983 ◘ Le Secret des Sélénites / USA: Moon Mad­ness (animation; also co-screenwriter; shot in l98l)