Albert Lamoris ( January 13, 1922 - June 2, 1970 ) is a French film director and screenwriter , known for his children's short films, which poetically expressed childhood imagination and won high prizes at film festivals of the 50s. He died during filming in a helicopter accident in the vicinity of Tehran .
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| Date of Birth | January 13, 1922 |
| Place of Birth | Paris , France |
| Date of death | June 2, 1970 (48 years old) |
| A place of death | Tehran neighborhood, Iran |
| Citizenship |  France |
| Profession | film director , screenwriter , photographer |
| Career | 1947-1970 |
| Awards | Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival ( 1953 , 1956 ) Golden Palm Branch of Cannes Film Festival ( 1956 ) Oscar for Best Screenplay ( 1957 ) |
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Biography
Born on January 13, 1922 in Paris . At the end of the 40s, as a photographer, he tried himself as a film director. His film debut is Bim ( 1950 ), a 45-minute adaptation of Jacques Prever ’s children's book Bim, the Little Donkey. This is the first of six films directed by Lamoris, which became French children's classics and brought him world fame. His next film ( White Mane , 1953 ), he shoots in the picturesque landscape of Camargue in southern France . White Mane and the next short film Red Ball ( 1956 ) win the Grand Prix at Cannes . The Red Ball was also awarded the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1957 .
In the early 1960s, Lamoris began staging feature films, which were much less successful, and then making short documentaries.
Lamoris died in a helicopter accident on June 2, 1970 in the vicinity of Tehran , in Iran , during the filming of the documentary “The Wind of the Lovers ”. This film was later edited according to Lamoris’s recordings and in 1978 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Filmography
Director
- 1970 - The wind of lovers
- 1967 - fr. Versailles
- 1967 - fr. Paris jamais vu
- 1965 - Circus Angel
- 1962 - fr. Le songe de chevaux sauvages
- 1960 - Hot air balloon trip
- 1956 - Red Ball
- 1953 - White Mane
- 1950 - Bim
Rewards
- 1960 - Grand Prix of the Venice Film Festival for the film Red Ball
- 1957 - Oscar for Best Screenplay for Red Ball
- 1956 - Golden palm branch of the Cannes Film Festival for the best short film " Red Ball "
- 1956 - Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival for the best short film " Red Ball "
- 1953 - Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival for the best short film " White Mane "
- 1953 - Jean Vigo prize for the film " White Mane "