Jaspard, Alain

(September I, 1940, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - )

   Having been discharged from his military service (two years in Algeria), he became an assistant director (Henri Verneuil, Alex Joffé, Pierre Kast, Gilles Grangier). After shooting many commercials, he directed his first comedy (La Frisée aux Lardons). A globe-trotter for ten years, he traveled across South America, Asia, and Africa shooting many TV documentaries and reports. He returned to France in the late 1980s and dedicated himself to animated cinema.

 Filmography

1979 ◘ La Frisée aux Lardons (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Givrés

 Television Filmography

1989 ◘ Kimboo (animation; 48 X 5'; also co-screenwriter)

1994 ◘ Léa et Gaspard (animation; 26 X 5'; also co-screenwriter)

1996 ◘ Les Contes de la Rue Broca (animation; 26 X 13'; co-director with Claude Allix)

        ◘ Tom-Tom et Nana (animation; 52 X 5')

        ◘ La Sorcière Camomille (animation; 52 X 5')

        ◘ La Belle lisse Poire du Prince de Motordu (anima­tion)

2001 ◘ Le Prince et le Pauvre (animated short; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

2005 ◘ Le Proverbe (animated short)