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Sylvain Chomet
Birth at
10 November 1963
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Sylvain Chaumet is a French director. Sylvain from an early age was fond of drawing, and in 1982 he was awarded a bachelor's degree in the field of fine arts. Five years later, he graduated from the prestigious AtelierBD comic book school. Even in the process of training, Shome had to release his debut comic book “The Secret of the Dragonfly”.
In the late eighties, Sylvain moved to London, where he combined the work of an animator at the studio of Richard Purdum with freelance work in the advertising
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Sylvain Chaumet is a French director.
Sylvain from an early age was fond of drawing, and in 1982 he was awarded a bachelor's degree in the field of fine arts. Five years later, he graduated from the prestigious AtelierBD comic book school. Even in the process of training, Shome had to release his debut comic book “The Secret of the Dragonfly”.
In the late eighties, Sylvain moved to London, where he combined the work of an animator at the studio of Richard Purdum with freelance work in the advertising field. After watching the cartoon “In the world of animals”, he decided to make such films on his own. In 1989, he began to create his debut picture, on which he worked for seven years. During this period, Sylvain wrote many comics and moved to Canada.
In 1997, the first film was released.
"Old Lady and Pigeons" She received the British Film Academy Award. In the same year, Sylvain worked with Nicolas de Crecy, releasing the comic book Ugly, Poor and Sick. In the same year, the director began work on his debut full-length animated film – “Trio of Belleville”. In 2003, the cartoon was shown in 33 countries, including Japan and America.
In 2006, Sylvain decided to try himself as a director of feature films - he participated in the creation of the tape.
Paris, I love you!" He published the novel The Eiffel Tower. Thanks to the success of the painting
Trio from Belleville The director opened his own studio, Django Films. The debut product of the studio was a full-length cartoon “The Illusionist”, which was based on the script by Jacques Tati, composed fifty years ago.
The work on the “Illusionist” took Shome almost ten years. In 2010, the film was presented as part of the Venice Film Festival, receiving a nomination for the Golden Lion award, and in 2011 it was nominated for an Oscar.