The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox (2022)

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.

Cast (30)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

J

Jacques Chaussepied

Self - Narrator (voice)

Christine Dejoux

Self

M

Maurice Corbet

Self

P

Pierre Mandrin

Self

B

Bernard Spehner

Self

J

Jean-Baptiste Garnero

Self

Serge Bromberg

Self

M

Melinda Littlejohn

Self

F

Francis Coupigny

Self

M

Marco de Blois

Self

J

Jocelyne Tournet-Lammer

Self

M

Marcello Zane

Self

G

Geoffrey Nathanson

Self

Gerald Scarfe

Self

Paul Demeyer

Self

J

Jean Dejoux

Self (archive footage)

Peter Foldès

Self (archive footage)

Claude Piéplu

Self (archive footage)

Jean Yanne

Self (archive footage)

Daniel Prévost

Self (archive footage)

P

Pierre Schaeffer

Self (archive footage)

P

Pierre Sainderichin

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Rouxel

Self (archive footage)

Kaj Pindal

Self (archive footage)

Robert Benayoun

Self (archive footage)

R

René Borg

Self (archive footage)

Danièle Gilbert

Self (archive footage)

Robin Williams

Self (archive footage)

Chuck Jones

Self (archive footage)

Mia Farrow

Self (archive footage)

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