Girerd, Jacques-Rémy

(March 7, 1952, Loire, France - )

   After his studies at the Beaux-Arts of Lyon, in 1981 he founded the animation studio Folimage, which produced more than twenty shorts since 1994. He also authored children books: 1995 Ma Petite Planète chérie (two volumes, Cpie-Folimage); 1999 L'Enfant au Grelot (Casterman-Jeunesse); 2002 Le Temps des Grenouilles (Editions de la Maison Blanche); 2003 La Prophétie des Grenouilles (the album, Milan); La Prophé­tie des Grenouilles (the novel, Hachette-Jeunesse); 2004 Cœur de Trèfle (Gallimard).

 Filmography

        ◘ Quatre mille Images foetales (short)

        ◘ D'une Gompa l'Autre (short)

        ◘ Rien de spécial (short)

        ◘ Pouce, on tourne (short)

1983 ◘ Oshun (short)

        ◘ Le Petit Cirque de toutes les Couleurs (animated short)

        ◘ Toujours plus vite (short)

        ◘ La Rage du Désert (short)

        ◘ Amerlock (animated short; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Booktoon (animated short)

        ◘ Ma Petite Interface d'en Face (animated short)

        ◘ Sculpture / Sculptures (short; co-director only)

        ◘ Nos Adieux au music-Hall (short; co-director only)

1998 ◘ L'Enfant au Grelot (animation; also co-screenwriter)

2003 ◘ La Prophétie des Grenouilles (animation; also co-screenwriter, lyricist)

2008 ◘ Mia et le Migrou (animation; also screenwriter)

 Television Filmography

1992 ◘ Le Bonheur de la Vie (20 X 5')

1994 ◘ Mine de rien (40 X 2'30")

1996 ◘ Ma Petite Planète chérie (26 X 5')