FILM DIRECTOR

Albert Lamorisse

1922 - 1970

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Albert Lamorisse (French: [lamɔʁis]; 13 January 1922 – 2 June 1970) was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer of short films which he began making in the late 1940s. Lamorisse's best known work is the short film The Red Balloon (1956), which earned him the Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and an Oscar for writing the Best Original Screenplay in 1956. He also invented the strategic board game Risk in 1957, that became one of the most popular board games in history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Albert Lamorisse is the 402nd most popular film director (up from 600th in 2024), the 2,305th most popular biography from France (up from 3,216th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Albert Lamorisse ranks 402 out of 2,041. Before him are Kinji Fukasaku, Irvin Kershner, Gaspar Noé, Mervyn LeRoy, Robert Stevenson, and Just Jaeckin. After him are Ishirō Honda, Anthony Minghella, Tom Hooper, Martin Campbell, Jacques Deray, and Paweł Pawlikowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Albert Lamorisse ranks 131. Before him are Jonas Mekas, Michael Ventris, Francisco Aramburu, Paul Scofield, Shigeru Mizuki, and Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer. After him are Stephen Toulmin, András Hegedüs, Cyd Charisse, Micheline Presle, Kingsley Amis, and Ivry Gitlis. Among people deceased in 1970, Albert Lamorisse ranks 89. Before him are Erle Stanley Gardner, Michał Kalecki, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Théo Sarapo, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After him are Mikhail Mil, Franz Schlegelberger, Nikolay Shvernik, George Szell, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, and John Barbirolli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Lamorisse ranks 2,305 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712), Boniface, Count of Savoy (1244), Charles Renouvier (1815), Louis-Mathieu Molé (1781), Léon Duguit (1859), and Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès (1812). After him are Adémar de Chabannes (989), Louise Farrenc (1804), Simone Simon (1911), Magnus Felix Ennodius (473), Paul Héroult (1863), and Alexandre Ribot (1842).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Albert Lamorisse ranks 53. Before him are Leos Carax (1960), Nadine Trintignant (1934), Marcel Camus (1912), Jacques Doillon (1944), Claire Denis (1946), and Just Jaeckin (1940). After him are Jacques Deray (1929), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Louis Delluc (1890), Olivier Assayas (1955), Jacques Copeau (1879), and Christian-Jaque (1904).

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