Albert Lamorisse Filmography

Born:: January 13, 1922 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse is best remembered for making the exquisite short The Red Balloon(1956) a whimsical fantasy in which a French boy is befriended by a magical red balloon. The short earned him both a grand prize at Cannes and an American Oscar. Lamorisse started out as a...Read More

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The Lovers Wind

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: The country of Iran is the subject of this documentary, which skillfully uses many helicopter shots to give a suggestion of the vast size and landscape of that ancient country. Documentary director Albert Lamorisse (The Red Balloon) died in 1971 in a helicopter crash while making this film. His Read More

1968
Fifi la Plume

Crew: Director

Actors: Philippe Avron, Mireille Negre, Henri Lambert, Michel de Re

Synopsis: Philippe Avron plays a bumbling burglar whose crime career is a textbook case of failure. One evening, Avron comes upon an abandoned nightgown. Upon donning the garment, he feels he has been transformed into an angel. Avron then joins a strange circus, whence he hopes to dispense goodwill to the Read More

1965
Voyage En Ballon

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maurice Baquet, André Gille, Pascal Lamorisse

Synopsis: Originally titled Le Voyage en Ballon, Stowaway in the Sky is a disarmingly simple French-made children's story. The plot is implicit in the title: A small child, fascinated by a lighter-than-air balloon, clambers aboard. The balloon takes flight, lifting the child upward to an amazing adventure. Read More

1959
The Red Balloon

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Pascal Lamorisse

Synopsis: Most of French director Albert Lamorisse's films celebrate the miracle of flight, but few were as landmark as his 1956 short subject The Red Balloon. The story, told without dialogue, concerns a little boy (played by the director's son Pascal) who comes across a helium-filled balloon. As he plays Read More

1956
Crin Blanc

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Alain Emery, Pascal Lamorisse, Maurice Baquet, André Gille

Synopsis: The great African American character actor Frank Silvera was afforded a rare movie starring role in the French short subject The White Mane (Crin Blanc) The title alludes to the film's actual protagonist, a courageous white stallion. Despite repeated attempts, the stallion steadfastly refuses to Read More

1952
Bim the Little Donkey

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This French classic tells the story of a little boy who tries to retrieve his pet donkey from the rich family that now owns him. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1950