Directing
Born November 20, 1902 — died July 2, 1989 · Paris, France
Jean Painlevé was a French photographer and filmmaker who specialized in underwater fauna.
Blood of the Beasts
1949 · Writer
The Vampire
1945 · Director
The Sea Horse
1935 · Writer
Hyas and Stenorhynchus
1929 · Director
The Love Life of an Octopus
1967 · Director
Sea Urchins
Daphnia
1928 · Director
The Fourth Dimension
1936 · Director
Voyage to the Sky
1937 · Director
The Octopus
Liquid Crystals
1978 · Director
Bluebeard
Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé
2007 · Director
The Sounds of Science
2001 · Director
Pigeons in the Square
1982 · Director
Energy and Dynamics of Photons
1974 · Director
Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1972 · Director
Diatoms
1968 · Director
Shrimp Stories
1964 · Director
How Some Jellyfish Are Born
1960 · Director
Sea Ballerinas
1956 · Director
Calder's 1927 Great Circus
1955 · Director
1954 · Director
Freshwater Assassins
1947 · Director
Children's Play
1946 · Director
The Struggle for Survival
Similarities Between Length and Speed
Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog
1930 · Director
Crabs and Shrimp
Caprelles et Pantopodes
The Evil Eye
1937 · Special Effects
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo
2012 · Self
Jean Painlevé Through His Films
1989 · Interviewee
1982 · Self (uncredited)
Mathusalem
1927