Jean-François Laguionie was born in 1939 in Besançon, where he became passionate about drawing from an early age. After studying at the Arts Appliqués, he met Paul Grimault, who introduced him to animation and who shared his studio with him for almost ten years.
He then made his first short films and won his first awards – including the Palme d’Or for a Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978 for Rowing Across the Atlantic. He embarked on his first feature-film adventure in 1979, with Gwen, the Book of Sand and marking the first of many successes.
Filmography
Slocum et Moi2024
Le Voyage du prince2019
Louise en hiver2016
Le Tableau2011
L’Île de Black Mor2004
Le Château des singes1999
Billy the cat (série TV)1996-2001
Gwen, le livre de sable1985
De l’autre côté de l’image1984
La traversée de l’Atlantique à la rame (court métrage)1978
Le masque du diable (court métrage)1976
L’acteur (court métrage)1975
Potr’ et la fille des eaux1974
Plage privée (court métrage)1971
Une bombe par hasard… (court métrage)1969
L’arche de Noé (court métrage)1967
La demoiselle et le violoncelliste (court métrage)1965
