French film animator said to have been on a par with Tex Avery. Rouxel is perhaps best known for his initially controversial animated French TV series "Les Shadoks". He worked on the prototype of a special machine, the "Animographe", especially designed to accelerate the production of animated TV series.
Documentary on the French phenomenon in celebration of a reboot of the series.
Release Date2000-01-29
Charactersd Self
The amazing story of the animograph, a machine created in France in the sixties by the cartoonist and self-taught inventor Jean Dejoux (1922-2015), whose creation was intended to revolutionize the animation industry.
Release Date2022-05-12
Charactersd Self (archive footage)
Vote Count3
Les Shadoks is an animated television series created by French cartoonist Jacques Rouxel which caused a sensation in France when it was first broadcast in 1968-1974. The Shadoks were bird-like in appearance, were characterised by ruthlessness and stupidity and inhabited a two dimensional planet. Another set of creatures in the Shadok canon are the Gibis, who are the opposite to the Shadoks in that they are intelligent but vulnerable and also inhabit a two-dimensional planet. Rouxel claims that the term Shadok obtains some derivation from Captain Haddock of Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin and the Gibis are essentially GBs. The Shadoks were a significant literary, cultural and philosophical phenomenon in France. Even today, the French occasionally use satirical comparisons with the Shadoks for policies and attitudes that they consider absurd. The Shadoks were noted for mottos such as: ⁕"Why do it the easy way when you can do it the hard way?" ⁕"When one tries continuously, one ends up succeeding. Thus, the more one fails, the greater the chance that it will work."
Release Date1968-04-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count208
Vote Count11
Is it necessary to understand the moral concepts of solidarity and generosity linked with donating blood? Is it possible to show the crudely impersonal world of specialized medicine? An explanation of what blood is, what it is for, and how it is used.
Release Date1982-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
An 8-minute satire on politics featuring the first French presidential election campaign broadcasts from 1965 and The Shadoks.
Release Date1992-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
A poetic tale where nothing truly dies as objects and memories within “play-back” reveal the persistence of presence across generations. Elegantly crafted, this César-winning short blends emotion, memory, and visual rhythm into a quietly powerful cinematic experience.
Release Date1981-07-01
DepartmentWriting
JobDialogue
Release Date1984-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
