Laguionie, Jean-François

(October 4, 1939, Besançon, Doubs, France - )

   After his studies at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués, he met Paul Grimault, who allowed him to direct his first animated short shot in two years. As a delegate producer, he notably collaborated on Le Chaos immo­bile (animated short, Colette Portal, 1997), La Souris du Père Noël (animated short, Vincent Monluc, 1991), Le chaos immobile (animated short, Colette Portal), Princes et Princesses (animation, Michel Ocelot, 2000), and La Belle au Bois d'Or (short, Bernard Palacios, 2001) and co-produced Jack Pot (short, Frédéric Saurel, 1997).

 Filmography

1965 ◘ La Demoiselle et le Violoncelliste (animated short; also screenwriter)

1969 ◘ Une Bombe par Hasard . . . (animated short; also screenwriter)

1974 ◘ L'Acteur (animated short; also screenwriter)

1978 ◘ La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la Rame (animated short; also co-screenwriter)

1985 ◘ Gwen, le Livre de Sable (animation; also co-screenwriter)

1999 ◘ Le Château des Singes / A Monkey's Tale / Kwom und der Konig der Affen (animation; also co-screenwriter, character designer; France / UK / Germany)

2004 ◘ L'Ile de Black Mor (animation; also co-screenwriter)