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Michel Ocelot

1943 - Today

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Michel Ocelot (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ɔslo]; born 27 October 1943) is a French writer, designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, narrator and other roles in earlier works) and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 debut feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. In 2015 he got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Ocelot is the 3,443rd most popular writer (down from 3,015th in 2019), the 3,522nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,171st in 2019) and the 447th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Ocelot ranks 3,443 out of 7,302. Before him are Ai Yazawa, Wallace Stevens, Angelos Sikelianos, Futabatei Shimei, Iain Banks, and Mouloud Mammeri. After him are Laza Lazarević, Remigius of Auxerre, Gérard de Villiers, Gregory Corso, Philippe Jaccottet, and Ahmadou Kourouma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Michel Ocelot ranks 321. Before him are Erika Steinbach, Donald Johanson, James L. Elliot, Patrick D'Rozario, Manuel Velázquez, and Muhammad al-Sadr. After him are Theodor Stolojan, Ramón Grosso, Bjørn Wirkola, Michael Byrne, Tariq Ali, and František Veselý.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Ocelot ranks 3,522 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne of Burgundy (1404), Renaud (1952), Antoine Berman (1942), Martine Aubry (1950), Rudolph Minkowski (1895), and Audrey Azoulay (1972). After him are Remigius of Auxerre (841), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Gérard de Villiers (1929), Gustave Trouvé (1839), Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800), and Ingelger (900).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Ocelot ranks 447. Before him are Pierre Jean Jouve (1887), Hélène Berr (1921), Tristan Bernard (1866), Alexis Piron (1689), Anna Gavalda (1970), and Johann Fischart (1546). After him are Remigius of Auxerre (841), Gérard de Villiers (1929), Bernard Maris (1946), Jean-Claude Izzo (1945), Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930), and Isaac de Benserade (1613).

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