René Laloux (July 13, 1929 - March 13, 2004) was a French animator.

He was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting. After some time working with advertising, he got a job in a psychiatric institution where he starts experimenting animation with the interns. There's where he makes 1960's "Monkey's Teeth" ("Les Dents du Singe"), with the colaboration of Paul Grimault's studio, and a script written by the Cour Cheverny's interns.

Another important collaborator 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 lenght "Fantastic Planet" ("La Planète Sauvage, 1973).

Quotes

"What suggests is superior to what shows. Movies today show more and more. It's paranoid dictator cinema. What we need is schizophrenic cinema."

Filmography

• Fantastic Planet (1973)
• Time Masters (1981)
• Gandahar (1987)

Short Films

• Tick-Tock (1957)
• Achalunés (1958)
• Monkey's Teeth (1960)
• Dead Time (1964)
• The Snails (1965)
• The Play (1975)
• Quality Control (1984)
• The Prisoner (1985)
• How Wan-Fô Was Saved (1987)