WRITER

Michel Ocelot

1943 - Today

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Michel Ocelot (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ɔslo]; born 27 October 1943) is a French writer, designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs (formerly also animator, background artist, narrator and other roles in earlier works) and a former president of the International Animated Film Association. Though best known for his 1998 debut feature Kirikou and the Sorceress, his earlier films and television work had already won Césars and British Academy Film Awards among others and he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 23 October 2009, presented to him by Agnès Varda who had been promoted to commandeur earlier the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Ocelot has received more than 191,527 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Ocelot is the 3,015th most popular writer (up from 3,038th in 2019), the 3,171st most popular biography from France (down from 3,114th in 2019) and the 398th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

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  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kirikou et la Sorcière (format Mini)
Kiroukou et la Sorcière
La Vieille Dame et le voleur ou Le Manteau
Kirikou et la sorcière
Fiction, Magicians
Le Garçon des figues et La Reine d'Egypte
Prince et Princesse ou Les Baisers

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michel Ocelot ranks 3,015 out of 7,302Before him are Nathan Alterman, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Caroline Graham, Anšlavs Eglītis, Thomas of Britain, and Titus Burckhardt. After him are Juan Gelman, Åsa Larsson, Bo Carpelan, Antoninus Liberalis, Marius Maximus, and Kjell Askildsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Michel Ocelot ranks 270Before him are Gilbert & George, Jimmy Snuka, Roberto Micheletti, Jim Croce, Negasso Gidada, and Laura Biagiotti. After him are António Simões, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, Milan Nenadić, Leo Kinnunen, Ronnie Spector, and Charles P. Thacker.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Ocelot ranks 3,171 out of 6,770Before him are Sebastianus (400), François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715), Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), Thomas of Britain (1200), Bénézet (1165), and Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1648). After him are Lucien Quélet (1832), Gérard Darmon (1948), Jacques Blanchard (1600), Gustave Lanson (1857), Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza (1909), and André-Louis Danjon (1890).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Michel Ocelot ranks 398Before him are Jean Echenoz (1947), Louise Weiss (1893), Auguste Barbier (1805), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Vincent Voiture (1597), and Thomas of Britain (1200). After him are Henri Meilhac (1831), Charles Blanc (1813), Joseph Joffo (1931), Jean Astruc (1684), Charles-Louis Havas (1783), and Charles-Louis Philippe (1874).