Jean Vimenet
Know for: Visual Effects
Born: 1914-05-21
Place of birth: Tours, France
Also know as:
Mouchette (1967)
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.
Private Beach (1970)
A moralist and surrealist fable in which a group of aristocrats have sole access to a private beach in the midst of Paris, where they enact strange...
The King and the Mockingbird (1980)
A young shepherdess and a chimneysweep plan to get married and escape the clutches of a tyrannical king in love with her, assisted by the guile of a...
The Little Story of a Negligible Tale (1967)
Animated short film based on Ambrose Bierce's acerbic New Year's story.
The Little Soldier (1947)
A budding romance between two toy dancers is put into dangers when the boy is conscripted into the toy army.
The Dog Who Loved Music (1973)
In Paul Grimault's satire of the arms trade, the dealer is alerted to the breakout of war by a signal on his map, so travels in turn to each of two...
The Passengers of Ursa Major (1943)
A futuristic cruise ship with a crew of robots is ready to take its first flight. A boy follows his curious dog on board of the ship, but then the...
The Note Seller (1942)
The note seller Bicornu is annoyed by a troubadour named Niglo.
The Scarecrow (1943)
Animated short originally produced in France by Paul Grimault.
The Lightning Rod Thief (1944)
Winner of the grand prize at the 1946 Venice Biennale
The Diamond (1970)
The cruel Professor Savantas invites himself into an oasis cut off from the world to recover a huge diamond, which is the totem of the indigenous...