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Jean Painlevé

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Born: November 20, 1902
Died: July 2, 1989
From: Paris, France

Biography

Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.

Known for

The Vampire

The Sea Horse

Hyas and Stenorhynchus

The Love Life of an Octopus

Sea Urchins

Voyage to the Sky

Liquid Crystals

Filmography

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2012

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

Acting (Self)

2007

Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

Directing (Director)

2001

The Sounds of Science

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1989

Jean Painlevé Through His Films

Acting (Interviewee)

1982

Pigeons in the Square

Acting (Self (uncredited)) Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

1978

Liquid Crystals

Directing (Director)

1974

Energy and Dynamics of Photons

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1972

Acera, or the Witches' Dance

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Camera (Director of Photography)

1968

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1967

The Love Life of an Octopus

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1964

Shrimp Stories

Directing (Director) Production (Producer) Camera (Director of Photography)

1960

Comment naissent des méduses

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How Some Jellyfish Are Born

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1956

Sea Ballerinas

Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography) Editing (Editor)

1955

Calder's 1927 Great Circus

Directing (Director) Editing (Editor)

1954

Sea Urchins

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1949

Blood of the Beasts

Writing (Writer)

1947

Freshwater Assassins

Directing (Director)

1946

Children's Play

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1945

The Vampire

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1937

Similarities Between Length and Speed

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The Struggle for Survival

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Voyage to the Sky

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The Evil Eye

Crew (Special Effects)

1936

Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

The Fourth Dimension

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1935

The Sea Horse

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer)

1930

Crabs and Shrimp

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Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog

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Caprelles et Pantopodes

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1929

Hermit crab

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Hyas and Stenorhynchus

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