Michel Ocelot

Director

Born: October 27, 1943 (age 82)
From: Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera, France

Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character 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 début feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had…

Filmography (30)

The Three-Eared Rabbits (2026)
Director
The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (2022)
Director
Lele - Il magico mondo di Emanuele Luzzati (2021)
Self
La Belle Époque de Michel Ocelot (2021)
Self (voice)
Pablo–Paris–Satie (2020)
Director
Dilili in Paris (2018)
Director
Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess (2016)
Director
Yoru no tobari no monogatari: Samenai yume (2013)
Director
Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012)
Director
Tales of the Night (2011)
Director
The Wedding Guest (2008)
Director
The Hidden Treasures of Michel Ocelot (2008)
Director
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
Director
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)
Director
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery (2005)
Self - Interviewee
Princes and Princesses (2000)
Director
The Princess of Diamonds (2000)
Director
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
Director
The Little Circus and Other Tales (1994)
Director
The Maid and the Magician (1992)
Director
The Dancing Shepherdess (1992)
Director
The Prince of Jewels (1992)
Director
Tales of the Night (1992)
Director
Icare (1989)
Director
The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife (1987)
Director
After Midnight (1983)
(voice)
The Legend of the Poor Hunchback (1982)
Director
Daughters of Equality (1981)
Director
Beyond Oil (1981)
Director
The Three Inventors (1980)
Director