Person
Jean Painlevé
Directing · 1902–1989 · Paris, France
Biography
Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.
Known for
Blood of the Beasts
Writer
Diatoms
Director
Jean Painlevé Through His Films
Interviewee
The Evil Eye
Special Effects
Liquid Crystals
Director
Freshwater Assassins
Director
Sea Urchins
Director
Voyage to the Sky
Director
How Some Jellyfish Are Born
Director
Sea Ballerinas
Director
Filmography
- 2012Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean VigoSelf
- 2007Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean PainlevéDirector
- 2001The Sounds of ScienceDirector
- 1989Jean Painlevé Through His FilmsInterviewee
- 1982Pigeons in the SquareSelf (uncredited)
- 1978Liquid CrystalsDirector
- 1974Energy and Dynamics of PhotonsDirector
- 1972Acera, or the Witches' DanceDirector
- 1968DiatomsDirector
- 1967The Love Life of an OctopusDirector
- 1964Shrimp StoriesDirector
- 1960How Some Jellyfish Are BornDirector
- 1956Sea BallerinasDirector
- 1955Calder's 1927 Great CircusDirector
- 1954Sea UrchinsDirector
- 1949Blood of the BeastsWriter
- 1947Freshwater AssassinsDirector
- 1946Children's PlayDirector
- 1945The VampireDirector
- 1937Voyage to the SkyDirector
- 1937Similarities Between Length and SpeedDirector
- 1937The Struggle for SurvivalDirector
- 1937The Evil EyeSpecial Effects
- 1936BluebeardDirector
- 1936The Fourth DimensionDirector
- 1935The Sea HorseProducer
- 1930Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a DogDirector
- 1930Crabs and ShrimpDirector
- 1930Caprelles et PantopodesDirector
- 1929Hermit crabDirector
- 1929Hyas and StenorhynchusDirector
- 1929Sea UrchinsDirector
- 1928DaphniaDirector
- 1928The OctopusDirector
- 1927Mathusalem
- 1925The Stickleback's EggsDirector
- —La table penchenatDirector
- —homardsDirector
- —Descente de la mer en accéléréDirector
- —LimaillesDirector
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