FILM DIRECTOR

Paul Grimault

1905 - 1994

Paul Grimault

Paul Grimault (French: [ɡʁimo]; 23 March 1905 – 29 March 1994) was one of the most important French animators. He made many traditionally animated films that were delicate in style, satirical, and lyrical. His most important work is Le Roi et l'oiseau, which ultimately took over 30 years to produce. He began it as La Bergère et le Ramoneur (The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep) in 1948, and it was highly anticipated, but Grimault's partner André Sarrut showed the film unfinished in 1952, against Grimault's wishes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Grimault is the 651st most popular film director (up from 716th in 2019), the 3,440th most popular biography from France (up from 3,573rd in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul Grimault ranks 651 out of 2,041. Before him are Roger Donaldson, Paul Scheuring, Richard Linklater, Roger Spottiswoode, Maurice Tourneur, and Keisuke Kinoshita. After him are Artavazd Peleshyan, Baz Luhrmann, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Corey Yuen, Daniel Schmid, and Michel Deville.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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Roger Donaldson
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 645
Paul Scheuring
1968 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 646
Richard Linklater
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 647
Roger Spottiswoode
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 648
Maurice Tourneur
1876 - 1961
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 649
Keisuke Kinoshita
1912 - 1998
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 650
Paul Grimault
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 651
Artavazd Peleshyan
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 652
Baz Luhrmann
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 653
Andrey Zvyagintsev
1964 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 654
Corey Yuen
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 655
Daniel Schmid
1941 - 2006
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 656
Michel Deville
1931 - 2023
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 657

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Paul Grimault ranks 181. Before him are Aldo Fabrizi, Colin Clark, Giuseppe Cavanna, Alexandre Villaplane, Miliza Korjus, and Rodolfo Orlandini. After him are D. R. Kaprekar, Witness Lee, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Raúl Leoni, Juan Hilario Marrero, and André Cluytens. Among people deceased in 1994, Paul Grimault ranks 169. Before him are Rossano Brazzi, Zail Singh, Nick Cravat, Rolf Singer, Cyprien Ntaryamira, and Oldřich Černík. After him are Boris Yegorov, Givi Chokheli, Igor Chislenko, Helen Stephens, John Osborne, and Gary Kildall.

Others Born in 1905

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Aldo Fabrizi
ACTOR
1905 - 1990
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 175
Colin Clark
ECONOMIST
1905 - 1989
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 176
Giuseppe Cavanna
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1976
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 177
Alexandre Villaplane
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1944
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 178
Miliza Korjus
SINGER
1905 - 1980
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 179
Rodolfo Orlandini
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1990
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 180
Paul Grimault
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 181
D. R. Kaprekar
MATHEMATICIAN
1905 - 1986
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 182
Witness Lee
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1905 - 1997
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 183
Mohammad Hidayatullah
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1992
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 184
Raúl Leoni
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1972
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 185
Juan Hilario Marrero
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1989
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 186
André Cluytens
MUSICIAN
1905 - 1967
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 187

Others Deceased in 1994

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Rossano Brazzi
ACTOR
1916 - 1994
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 163
Zail Singh
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1994
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 164
Nick Cravat
ACTOR
1912 - 1994
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 165
Rolf Singer
BIOLOGIST
1906 - 1994
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 166
Cyprien Ntaryamira
POLITICIAN
1955 - 1994
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 167
Oldřich Černík
POLITICIAN
1921 - 1994
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 168
Paul Grimault
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 169
Boris Yegorov
ASTRONAUT
1937 - 1994
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 170
Givi Chokheli
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 1994
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 171
Igor Chislenko
SOCCER PLAYER
1939 - 1994
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 172
Helen Stephens
ATHLETE
1918 - 1994
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 173
John Osborne
WRITER
1929 - 1994
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 174
Gary Kildall
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1942 - 1994
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 175

In France

Among people born in France, Paul Grimault ranks 3,440 out of 6,770. Before him are François Séverin Marceau (1769), Georges Lefebvre (1874), Orlan (1947), Alphonse de Châteaubriant (1877), François de La Rocque (1885), and Philippe LeBon (1767). After him are Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), Claudine Picardet (1735), Bernard Panafieu (1931), Jean Tiberi (1935), and François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1558).

Others born in France

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François Séverin Marceau
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1769 - 1796
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,434
Georges Lefebvre
HISTORIAN
1874 - 1959
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,435
Orlan
PAINTER
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 3,436
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
WRITER
1877 - 1951
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,437
François de La Rocque
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1946
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,438
Philippe LeBon
ENGINEER
1767 - 1804
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,439
Paul Grimault
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,440
Gustave Schlumberger
HISTORIAN
1844 - 1929
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 3,441
Jean de Roquetaillade
POLITICIAN
1310 - 1365
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,442
Claudine Picardet
CHEMIST
1735 - 1820
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,443
Bernard Panafieu
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1931 - 2017
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,444
Jean Tiberi
POLITICIAN
1935 - 2025
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 3,445
François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti
NOBLEMAN
1558 - 1614
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 3,446