Jean Painlevé
- Directing
- November 20, 1902 · Paris, France
- July 2, 1989
Biography
Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.
Known for
Filmography
- Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo · Self
- Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé · Director
- The Sounds of Science · Director
- Jean Painlevé Through His Films · Interviewee
- Pigeons in the Square · Self, Director
- Liquid Crystals · Director
- Energy and Dynamics of Photons · Director
- Acera, or the Witches' Dance · Director, Producer
- Diatoms · Director
- The Love Life of an Octopus · Director
- Shrimp Stories · Director, Cinematography
- How Some Jellyfish Are Born · Director
- Comment naissent des méduses · Director
- Sea Ballerinas · Director, Editing
- Calder's 1927 Great Circus · Director, Editing
- Sea Urchins · Director
- Blood of the Beasts · Writer
- Freshwater Assassins · Director
- Children's Play · Director
- The Vampire · Director
- Voyage to the Sky · Director
- Similarities Between Length and Speed · Director
- The Struggle for Survival · Director
- The Evil Eye · Special Effects
- Bluebeard · Director, Producer
- The Fourth Dimension · Director
- The Sea Horse · Producer, Director
- Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog · Director
- Crabs and Shrimp · Director
- Caprelles et Pantopodes · Director
- Hermit crab · Director
- Hyas and Stenorhynchus · Director
- Sea Urchins · Director
- Daphnia · Director
- The Octopus · Director
- Mathusalem · Director
- The Stickleback's Eggs · Director
- La table penchenat · Director
- homards · Director
- Descente de la mer en accéléré · Director
- Limailles · Director