Jean Painlevé(1902-1989)

Director
Producer
Writer

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Jean Painlevé was born on 20 November 1902 in Paris, France. He was a director and producer, known for L'hippocampe, ou 'Cheval marin' (1935), Pasteur (1947) and Crevettes (1930). He died on 2 July 1989 in Paris, France.

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Known for

Assassins d'eau douce (1947)

L'hippocampe, ou 'Cheval marin'

7.2

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Director

1935

Short

Director

1947

8.4

Short

Director

1930

La chirurgie correctrice

Director

1948

Credits

Director

Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
7.6
- Director
- 2007
Les pigeons du square
6.3
Short
- Director
- 1982
Transition de phase dans les cristaux liquides
6.7
Short
- Director
- 1978
Limailles
Short
- Director
- 1972
Acéra ou Le bal des sorcières
6.5
Short
- Director
- 1972
Diatomées
6.3
Short
- Director
- 1968
Les amours de la pieuvre
7.1
Short
- Director
- 1967
Histoires de crevettes
6.4
Short
- Director
- 1964
Comment naissent les méduses
6.5
Short
- Director
- 1960
L'astérie
Short
- Director
- 1958
Les Alpes
Short
- Director
- 1958
Les danseuses de mer
6.5
Short
- Director
- 1956
Le Grand Cirque Calder 1927
5.9
Short
- Director
- 1955
Les oursins
6.7
Short
- Director
- 1954
Écriture de la danse
- Director
- 1948

Producer

Writer

Personal details

Born
- November 20, 1902
- Paris, France
Died
- July 2, 1989
- Paris, France(undisclosed)
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- 3 Print Biographies

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Noted French documentarist, often on scientific subjects, in particular underwater marine biology. In 1930, co-founded L'Institut du Cinema Scientifique.

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