Michel Ocelot

Professions :

Born :

October 27, 1943

The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.

revolution way needs

I've always felt that I've made films, period. I wanted to leave the "ghetto." And here I am, I'm out.

ghetto film here-i-am

The quality and success of Disney was actually bad for us animators because everyone on the planet thought that animation was only for kids and only in a certain domain. The big film festivals never thought much about animated films.

festivals quality kids

Digital is expensive, from the computers to the professional software to the technicians, but digital helps me to create more beautiful images in less time.

digital helping beautiful

For me, the stereoscopic imagery was a new game to play with. Surprisingly enough, it's also a return to tradition. I'm back with paper-looking puppets moving about in several layers of theatrical backgrounds.

games play moving

No matter what the level of funding or success may be, there's always money missing, and you still want to have a gorgeous image, an endless cast and a flawless rendering.

flawless missing want

Before my commercial success, I had difficulty doing what I wanted, but my sincere short films always won prizes in festivals. So I was ready for larger successes.

sincere festivals film

All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!

film belief hero

Sometimes I dream that I'm working; that's awful. When you awaken after a big, surprising dream, you feel it's very interesting. When you sit and write it down, you realize it's a very poor script. But I may find ideas while dozing.

dream writing ideas

Ihab Hassan

Ingmar Bergman

Isabella Bird

Ivan E. Coyote

Al Feldstein

Bert Sugar