Albert Lamorisse
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Hasbro's Board Game Risk Being Transformed Into Movie...will partner with Hasbro to develop a film based on the strategy board game Risk. The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse under the title La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker... In this article: Hasbro, Risk, Overbrook Entertainment, Will Smith, Parker Brothers, Albert Lamorisse, Reuters, and U.S. |
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 05, 2009
Hollywood plans board game films
...into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie." Risk was invented in 1957 by Albert Lamorisse, a French filmmaker, and has sold millions of copies with several themed variations based on...
In this article: Risk, Hollywood, Will Smith, Sony Pictures, Ridley Scott, Transformers, Strategic thinking, Overbrook Entertainment, and Celluloid
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Reuters | November 05, 2009
Sony to adapt Risk for big screen
...the classic Hasbro board game, in which players vie for world domination. The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse under the title La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers...
In this article: Risk, Hasbro, Sony, Transformers, Overbrook Entertainment, Parker Brothers, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Will Smith
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Wired: Underwire | November 04, 2009
How Do You Turn Board Games Like Risk Into Movies?
...our heads. How in the hell does one make a film these days out of Risk? The popular game, created by The Red Balloon director Albert Lamorisse in 1957, asked would-be Napoleons to employ game theory in the name of global annexation. But...
In this article: Hasbro, Ouija, Transformers, Wired.com, The Red Balloon, Roland Emmerich, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Stephen Colbert
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ENI News | November 04, 2009
Sony Pictures Entertainment Takes on 'RISK'
...around the world. We can't wait to re-imagine this brand into a motion picture." The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse as La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers...
In this article: Risk, Hasbro, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment, James Lassiter, Brian Goldner, Columbia Pictures, Transformers, and Strategic thinking
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Backseat Cuddler | November 04, 2009
Board Game 'Risk' Becoming a Movie
...Goldner and Bennett Schneir and Overbrook Entertainment's James Lassiter. The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse under the title La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers...
In this article: Risk, Hasbro, Overbrook Entertainment, James Lassiter, Parker Brothers, Brian Goldner, Sony, and Sony Pictures
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Wikipedia | July 16, 2009
Albert Lamorisse
...three children: Pascal, a son, and two daughters named Sabine and Fanny. Pascal and Sabine were featured in The Red Balloon. Albert Lamorisse died in a helicopter crash while filming the documentary Le Vent des amoureux (The Lovers' Wind),...
In this article: The Red Balloon, Academy Awards, Stowaway in the Sky, White Mane, Circus Angel, Camargue, and Cannes Film Festival
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Times Online | April 13, 2009
The Red Balloon at the Linbury Studio Theatre, London WC2
The British choreographer Aletta Collins had a lot to live up to in adapting Le ballon rouge for the stage. Dating from 1956, Albert Lamorisse's half-hour classic remains one of cinema's more magical depictions of childhood. An essentially...
In this article: The Red Balloon, Matthew Bourne, London, Edward Scissorhands, Studio Theatre, and Oscar
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File:Lamorisseportrait.jpg
Photo portrait of French director and producer Albert Lamorisse. Low resolution, edited for sepia saturation, and cropped slightly. Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of a promotional portrait of film director (creator of this...
In this article: Academy Award and U.S.
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Boston Globe | November 22, 2007
Deceptive classics, for all ages
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING The re-release of Albert Lamorisse's 1956 child's rite of cinematic passage, "The Red Balloon," recently prompted a friend to confess that when he was small he found it boring. "That's it?"...
In this article: The Red Balloon, White Mane, E-mail, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Flight of the Red Balloon, and Michel Gondry
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New York Times | November 09, 2007
Albert Lamorisse - The Red Balloon - White Mane - New York Times
...dialogue, improbably received an Oscar for its screenplay. But kids stuff they are not. Pascal Lamorisse, the son of the filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, in The Red Balloon from 1956. The stories are simple, fablelike; the heroes are boys; the...
In this article: The Red Balloon, White Mane, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Dog, Oscar, New York Film Festival, and James Agee
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Albert Lamorisse (January 13, 1922 – June 2, 1970) was a French award-winning filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s, and also for inventing the famous strategic board game Risk in 1957. He was born in Paris, France.
He first came into prominence for directing and producing White Mane (1953), an award winning short film that tells a fable of how a young boy gentles an untamable wild white stallion in the marches of Camargue (the Petite Camargue).
His best known work is the short film The Red Balloon (1956), which earned him the Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and an Oscar for writing the best original screenplay in 1956.
Lamorisse also wrote, directed and produced the well regarded films Stowaway in the Sky (1960) and Circus Angel, as well as the documentaries Versailles and Paris Jamais Vu. Outside of films, in 1957, he created the popular strategy board game Risk.
Lamorisse and his wife had two children, Pascal, a son, and Sabine, a daughter, both of whom were featured in The Red Balloon. In 1970, Albert Lamorisse died in a helicopter crash while filming the documentary The Lovers' Wind, during a helicopter-tour of Iran. His widow completed the film, based on his production notes, and released the film eight years later in 1978. It was nominated for a posthumous Oscar for best documentary.
- Birth Date:
- January 13, 1922
- Birthplace:
- Paris, France
- Death Date:
- June 02, 1970
- Place of Death:
- Tehran, Iran
- Occupation:
- Writer, Screenwriter
- Years Active:
- 1950-1967
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