René Laloux

René Laloux was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting After some time working in advertising he got a job in a psychiatric institution where he began experimenting in animation with the interns It is at the psychiatric institution that he made 1960s Monkeys Teeth Les Dents du Singe in collaboration with Paul Grimaults studio and using a script written by the Cour Chevernys interns Another important collaborator of his was Roland Topor with whom Laloux made Dead Time Les Temps Morts 1964 The Snails Les Escargots 1965 and his most famous work the feature length Fantastic Planet La Planète Sauvage 1973 Laloux also worked with Jean Giraud Mœbius to create the lesser known film Les Maîtres du temps Time Masters released in 1982 Lalouxs 1988 film Gandahar was released in the US as Light Years and made in cooperation with the artist Caza The US version was redubbed by Harvey Weinstein from a screenplay adapted by Isaac Asimov The US version was not as successful as the French version grossing less than 400000 on its release Laloux died of a heart attack on March 14 2004 in Angoulême Charente PoitouCharentes France