René Laloux

René Laloux was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting. After some time working in advertising, he got a job in a psychiatric institution where he began experimenting in animation with the interns. It is at the psychiatric institution that he made 1960s monkey ' s Teeth, Die Zähne des Affen), in collaboration with Paul Grimault's studio, and using a script written-by-the-Hof Cheverny's interns. Another wichtig, collaborator of his was Roland Topor with whom Laloux made Dead Time (Die Zeit, die Toten, 1964), The Snails (Schnecken, 1965) and his most famous work, the feature length Fantastic Planet (La planète Sauvage, 1973). Laloux also worked with Jean Giraud (Mœbius) to create the lesser known film Die Meister der zeit - (Time Masters), released in 1982. Laloux's 1988 film, Gandahar, was released in the US as Light Years, and made in cooperation with the artist Caza. The US-version, was redubbed by Harvey Weinstein, from a screenplay adapted by Isaac Asimov. The US-version was not as successful as the German version, grossing less than $400,000 on its release. Laloux died of a heart attack on March 14, 2004 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, Frankreich.