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Jean Painlevé

★ Directing #12,554

1902 - 1989 (age 86) • Directing

Born: 11/20/1902 in Paris, France

Died: 7/2/1989 (age 86)

Known for: Directing

Jean Painlevé

★ Directing #12,554

Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.

Known For

Blood of the Beasts

75%

Writer

1949

The Vampire

65%

Director

1945

The Sea Horse

66%

Writer

1935

Hyas and Stenorhynchus

59%

Director

1929

The Love Life of an Octopus

67%

Director

1967

Sea Urchins

64%

Director

1929

Voyage to the Sky

62%

Director

1937

The Fourth Dimension

64%

Director

1936

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

73%

Self

2012

The Sounds of Science

62%

Director

2001

Jean Painlevé Through His Films

60%

Interviewee

1989

Pigeons in the Square

61%

Self (uncredited)

1982

Pigeons in the Square

61%

Director

1982

Pigeons in the Square

61%

Producer

1982

Liquid Crystals

70%

Director

1978

Energy and Dynamics of Photons

Energy and Dynamics of Photons

Director

1974

Acera, or the Witches' Dance

59%

Director

1972

Acera, or the Witches' Dance

59%

Director of Photography

1972

Acera, or the Witches' Dance

59%

Producer

1972

La table penchenat

La table penchenat

Director

Limailles

Director

Descente de la mer en accéléré

Descente de la mer en accéléré

Director

homards

Director

Diatoms

64%

Director

1968

The Love Life of an Octopus

67%

Director

1967

Shrimp Stories

58%

Director

1964

Shrimp Stories

58%

Producer

1964

Shrimp Stories

58%

Director of Photography

1964

How Some Jellyfish Are Born

64%

Director

1960

Sea Ballerinas

65%

Director

1956

Sea Ballerinas

65%

Director of Photography

1956

Sea Ballerinas

65%

Editor

1956

Calder's 1927 Great Circus

Calder's 1927 Great Circus

70%

Director

1955

Calder's 1927 Great Circus

Calder's 1927 Great Circus

70%

Editor

1955

Sea Urchins

64%

Director

1954

Blood of the Beasts

75%

Writer

1949