Michel Ocelot
French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television
0.20body-of-work score · ranked #2142 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
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- Born
- October 27, 1943 · Villefranche-sur-Mer
- Nationality
- France
- Work
- film director, animator, screenwriter, director

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Azur & Asmar: The Princes' QuestAzur et Asmar
2006 · France / Italy / Spain · fantasy, adventure, animation
Letterboxd Top 250 #183
0.201 citation
Complete filmography
All 16 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1974The Tobacconist
- 1980Les 3 inventeurs
- 1981Daughters of Equality
- 1982The Legend of the Poor Hunchback
- 1986The Four Wishes of the Villein and of His Wife
- 1992Tales of the Night
- 1998Kirikou and the Sorceress
- 2000Princes et princesses
- 2005Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
- 2006Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest
- 2011Tales of the Night
- 2012Kirikou and the Men and Women
- 2016Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess
- 2018Dilili in Paris
- 2022The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
- 2026Les Lapins Trois-Oreilles