Jean Painlevé

ActorDirectorWriterCinematographerCrew 1925–2012 (87 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

Le Journal de la Résistance

1944 · Camera Operator

8.0

Blood of the Beasts

1949 · Writer

7.5

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

2012 · as Self

7.3

Known For

Film

Blood of the Beasts

Writer

Film

The Vampire

Director

Film

The Sea Horse

Director

Film

Liquid Crystals

Director

Film

The Love Life of an Octopus

Director

Film

Sea Urchins

Director

Film

The Octopus

Director

Film

The Fourth Dimension

Director

Filmography

Acting (4)

Movies (4)

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

2012

as Self

7.3

Jean Painlevé Through His Films

1989

as Interviewee

6.0

Pigeons in the Square

as Self (uncredited)

Mathusalem

Crew (40)

Movies (40)

The Sounds of Science

2001

Director

6.2

Pigeons in the Square

Director

Liquid Crystals

Director

Energy and Dynamics of Photons

1974

Director

Acera, or the Witches' Dance

Director

Diatoms

Director

The Love Life of an Octopus

Director

Shrimp Stories

Director

How Some Jellyfish Are Born

Director

Sea Ballerinas

Director

Calder's 1927 Great Circus

Director

Sea Urchins

Director

Blood of the Beasts

Writer

Freshwater Assassins

Director

Children's Play

Director

The Vampire

1945

Director

6.5

Le Journal de la Résistance

1944

Camera Operator

8.0

The Evil Eye

1937

Special Effects

Voyage to the Sky

1937

Director

6.0

Similarities Between Length and Speed

1937

Director

5.8

The Struggle for Survival

Director

Bluebeard

Director

The Fourth Dimension

Director

The Sea Horse

Director

The Sea Horse

Producer

The Sea Horse

Writer

Caprelles et Pantopodes

Director

Crabs and Shrimp

Director

Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog

Director

Sea Urchins

Director

Hermit crab

Director

Hyas and Stenorhynchus

Director

The Octopus

Director

Daphnia

Director

Mathusalem

Director

The Stickleback's Eggs

1925

Director

5.6

Descente de la mer en accéléré

Director

Limailles

Director

La table penchenat

Director

homards

Director