Albert LamorisseFilmography

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

  • 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 with a minimum of dialogue, concerns a little boy (played by the director's son Pascal) who comes across a helium-filled balloon. As 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

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