The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
The amazing story of the animograph, a machine created in France in the sixties by the cartoonist and self-taught inventor Jean Dejoux (1922-2015), whose creation was intended to revolutionize the animation industry.
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Production
Cast
Christine Dejoux
Self
Serge Bromberg
Self
Gerald Scarfe
Self
Paul Demeyer
Self
Peter Foldès
Self (archive footage)
Claude Piéplu
Self (archive footage)
Jean Yanne
Self (archive footage)
Daniel Prévost
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Schaeffer
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Rouxel
Self (archive footage)
Kaj Pindal
Self (archive footage)
Robert Benayoun
Self (archive footage)
Danièle Gilbert
Self (archive footage)
Robin Williams
Self (archive footage)
Chuck Jones
Self (archive footage)
Mia Farrow
Self (archive footage)
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