André Sarrut

André Sarrut (born July 10, 1910 in Gagny, died June 13, 1997 in Paris) was a French animation film producer. Sarrut founded the first European hand-drawn animation film company, Les Gémeaux in 1936 with Paul Grimault as artistic director.[1] After producing several short films, including Le Voleur de paratonnerres (The Lightning Rod Thief) and Le Petit Soldat (Little Soldier), Les Gémeaux began work on a feature film based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep.

Les Gémeaux's hand-drawn animated films were described as having touches of wit and fantasy.[2] Their film company sought to compete with Hollywood imports, such as Walt Disney's golden age of American animation films.[3] He was described as a "little dynamo of a man".[4]

In 1945, Sarrut founded the company Safia, which became Sagitta-Films in 1947. There, he notably produced Henri Decoin's La Fille du diable (The Devil's Daughter) (1945) and Jean Gehret's Le Café du cadran (1946).

In 1951, Sarrut founded the advertising film company La Comète, where he produced numerous commercials with Jacques Asséo as the animator. During the 1950s, advertising agency budgets grew considerably, leading La Comète to produce over two thousand commercials, thus becoming the largest advertising company in Europe, with 80% of its output exported.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bendazzi, Giannalberto (October 23, 2015). Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. CRC Press. ISBN 9781317520832 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Film Forum". Federation of Scottish Film Societies. July 27, 1954 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Holliday, Christopher; Sergeant, Alexander (April 27, 2018). Fantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres. Routledge. ISBN 9781351681414 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Printers' Ink". Decker Communications, Incorporated. April 27, 1955 – via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 Dobson, Nichola (April 1, 2010). The A to Z of Animation and Cartoons. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461664024 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Bertin-Maghit, Jean-Pierre (November 9, 2016). Propaganda Documentaries in France: 1940-1944. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442261020 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Zimmerman, Tom (July 26, 2022). The Queen of Technicolor: Maria Montez in Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813182582 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Prime, Rebecca (January 14, 2014). "Hollywood Exiles in Europe: The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture". Rutgers University Press – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Paietta, Ann C. (November 18, 2014). "Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present". McFarland – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Wierzbicki, James (February 8, 2019). "Double Lives: Film Composers in the Concert Hall". Routledge – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Halas, John (July 27, 1987). "Masters of Animation". BBC Books – via Google Books.


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