Jean Painlevé

Biography

Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.

Directed

1. The Vampire (1945) — Director
2. The Sea Horse (1935) — Director
3. Hyas and Stenorhynchus (1929) — Director
4. The Love Life of an Octopus (1967) — Director
5. Sea Urchins (1929) — Director
6. Daphnia (1928) — Director
7. The Fourth Dimension (1936) — Director
8. Voyage to the Sky (1937) — Director
9. The Octopus (1928) — Director
10. Liquid Crystals (1978) — Director
11. Bluebeard (1936) — Director
12. Sea Urchins (1954) — Director
13. Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog (1930) — Director
14. How Some Jellyfish Are Born (1960) — Director
15. Acera, or the Witches' Dance (1972) — Director
16. Shrimp Stories (1964) — Director
17. Pigeons in the Square (1982) — Director
18. The Stickleback's Eggs (1925) — Director
19. Freshwater Assassins (1947) — Director
20. Diatoms (1968) — Director
21. Sea Ballerinas (1956) — Director
22. Similarities Between Length and Speed (1937) — Director
23. The Struggle for Survival (1937) — Director
24. Mathusalem (1927) — Director
25. Crabs and Shrimp (1930) — Director
26. Hermit crab (1929) — Director
27. The Sounds of Science (2001) — Director
28. Children's Play (1946) — Director
29. Calder's 1927 Great Circus (1955) — Director
30. Caprelles et Pantopodes (1930) — Director
31. Energy and Dynamics of Photons (1974) — Director
32. La table penchenat — Director
33. homards — Director
34. Descente de la mer en accéléré — Director
35. Limailles — Director
36. Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé (2007) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Pigeons in the Square (1982) — Self (uncredited)
2. Mathusalem (1927)
3. Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo (2012) — Self
4. Jean Painlevé Through His Films (1989) — Interviewee