Julien Pappus

Julien Pappé (1920, Poland - 2005, France) is a realizer of cinema of Animation Polish.

Biography

It begins with the cinema as a decorator on turning from “Ivan the Terrible” during which it will cross the USSR during 3 years. For him, it is this experiment which guided it in what it will make in its artistic life, but also life very short.

It creates a puppet theater to Lodz in Poland.

Magic films and the “Truca”

It creates a studio named “Magic films” in Paris in 1953, which it then moves with Meudon, in a studio that it will even build him then that it will increase then to make its house of it.

It creates an apparatus of recording which it calls “Truca”, which makes it possible to make assemblies, techniques that one will call at the digital age the Compositing, starting from a camera of German reconnaissance aircraft. It is the only one with knowing to make function its invention, of which the use at summer ordered by many scenario writers in the world.

That enables him to make exceptional effects for this time in “the Pond with the boys” or the band announces Tirez on the pianist” from François Truffaut.

The films the Pond with the boys and Sophie and the ranges are sometimes diffused on the associative television channel Teleplaisance.org.

It animates Pif the dog, the character of Jose Cabrero Arnal in a cinematographic publicity for the newspaper “Humanity”.

Restoration of films of Emile Reynaud

It restores the animated bands of Emile Reynaud by cleaning the films original (on gelatin and painted with the hand), then recopying them on film ektachrome. It then replaces them in a system similar to that of Emile Reynaud, but with modern materials.

For one of the films which it restores, “Around a cabin”, it misses the end of the film that Ci having been given to the cineclub Prague. This institution gives a copy to him which will enable him to finish the restoration.

End of its life

At the end of its life, not having access to the retirement, to provide for its needs, it is obliged to resell its house.

Partial catalog of films

“a bird in newspaper” (drawing, 10 min, color 1961);
“Sophie and the ranges” (technical mixed, 13 min, color 1964);
“the Pond with the boys” (15 min, black and white, 1963);
Publicities for the magazine “Télérama” (3 X 20 dryness) and “Humanity” (1 min 10) and the “National Lottery” (22 dryness);
Bande announces “Tirez on the pianist” from François Truffaut (1960);
Bande announces “the Breath in the middle” of Louis Malle (1971);
Bande announces “Mood roves” of Edouard Luntz (1972);
Production of “the muscular Alarm clock” of Peter Kassovitz (cut out paper, 7 min, black and white, 1984);
Production of “History of a clown” of Jean-Louis Bompoint (cut out paper, 6 min 05, color 1984);
Restoration of “Poor Pierrot” of Emile Reynaud (drawing, 4 min 45, 1892);
Restoration of “Around a cabin” of Emile Reynaud (drawing, 7 min, 1893).

Documentary on Julien Pappus

Filmed talks:

ORTF 1963 ;
Isabelle Langeromme & Vincent Sabatier in 2004 and 2005;
Forum of the images at the time of its freehand in 2000.

Internet site

Internet site animated by his/her daughter Tamara Pappé presents her biography, its work as well as the programmings or homages to come. Addresses: julienpappe.free.fr

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