Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

107

Gender

Male

Birthday

1857-01-04

Deathday

1938-01-20 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Émile Cohl

Biography

Émile Cohl (French: [kol]; January 4, 1857 – January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".

Known For

6.5%

Fantasmagorie

Aug 17, 1908

6.5%

Fantasmagorie

Aug 17, 1908

6.5%

Fantasmagorie

Aug 17, 1908

5.6%

The Waiter's Dream

Apr 11, 1910

5.6%

The Puppet's Nightmare

Oct 15, 1908

6.1%

The Faithful Furniture

May 2, 1910

5.0%

The Dentures

Nov 16, 1909

6.2%

Drama at the Puppets' House

Nov 23, 1908

4.5%

The Happy Microbes

Jul 9, 1909

5.7%

Spanish Clair de Lune

Mar 16, 1909

5.5%

Affairs of the Heart

Nov 4, 1909

6.2%

Fancy Matches

Jul 13, 1914

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Directing

1921

The Puppet Looks for Lodgement as Director

1918

The Adventures of Nickel-Feet as Director

1916

Les exploits de Farfadet as Director

1914		Fancy Matches as Director
1914		He Never Objects to Noise as Director
1914		He Only Wanted to Play with Dodo as Director
1914		He Does Not Care to Be Photographed as Director
1914		Future Revealed by the Lines of the Feet as Director

1913		He Likes Things Upside Down as Director
1913		He Loves to Be Amused as Director
1913		He Poses for His Portrait as Director
1913		It Is Hard to Please Him But It Is Worth It as Director
1913		He Was Not Ill, Only Unhappy as Director
1913		He Slept Well as Director
1913		He Ruins His Family's Reputation as Director
1913		He Loves to Watch the Flight of Time as Director
1913		Bewitched Matches as Director
1913		Poor Little Chap He Was Only Dreaming as Director
1913		He Wants What He Wants When He Wants It as Director
1913		Business Must Not Interfere as Director
1913		When He Wants a Dog, He Wants a Dog as Director

1912		Les Métamorphoses Comiques as Director
1912		The Achievements of Will O' the Wisp as Director

1911		Jobard Changes Hands as Director
1911		Jobard Is Asked to Marry as Director
1911		Jobard, Acting Fiancé as Director
1911		Vengeance of the Spirits as Director
1911		Jobard, Porter for Love as Director
1911		Jobard, Shy Lover as Director
1911		Jobard ne veut pas voir les femmes travailler as Director
1911		Jobard, garçon de recettes as Director
1911		Brains Repaired as Director
1911		The Grotesque Museum as Director
1911		The Informant Hair as Director
1911		The Fantasies of Agénor Maltracé as Director
1911		Jobard Killed His Mother-in-Law as Director
1911		Music-Mania as Director
1911		Jobard ne peut pas rire as Director

1910		Mr. Crack as Director
1910		Les aventures du baron du Crac as Director
1910		Nothing Is Impossible for Man as Director
1910		A History of Hats as Director
1910		The Persistent Salesman as Director
1910		The Four Little Tailors as Director
1910		The Mysterious Fine Arts as Director
1910		Art's Infancy as Director
1910		The Twelve Labors of Hercules as Director
1910		Petit Faust as Director
1910		The Neo-Impressionist Painter as Director
1910		The Faithful Furniture as Director
1910		The Waiter's Dream as Director
1910		Petit Chantecler as Director
1910		The Master of a Fashionable Game as Director
1910		En route as Director
1910		Childish Dreams as Director
1910		The Smile-O-Scope as Director
1910		Bébé's Masterpieces as Director
1910		Bonsoir as Director
1910		Good Evening (The Flower Fairy) as Director

1909		The Enchanted Spectacles as Director
1909		The Dentures as Director
1909		Telltale Reflections as Director
1909		Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses as Director
1909		Crowns, II: The Crown of Thorns as Director
1909		Affairs of the Heart as Director
1909		Comic Mutations as Director
1909		Delicate Porcelains as Director
1909		The Happy Microbes as Director
1909		The Living Fan as Director
1909		Modern Education as Director
1909		The Next Door Neighbors as Director
1909		Japanese Fantasy as Director
1909		Spanish Clair de Lune as Director
1909		Matrimonial Shoes as Director
1909		Monsieur Clown Among the Lilliputians as Director
1909		Head-Dresses of Different Periods as Director
1909		Let's Be Sporty as Director
1909		Floral Frameworks as Director
1909		Transfigurations as Director

1908		The Boutdebois Brothers as Director
1908		Les Allumettes animées as Director
1908		Drama at the Puppets' House as Director
1908		The Magic Hoop as Director
1908		The Little Soldier Who Became a God as Director
1908		The Puppet's Nightmare as Director
1908		The Hotel of Silence as Director
1908		Fantasmagorie as Director

Visual Effects

2004

Johnny Legend Presents: The Complete Weird Cartoons as Animation

1914		He Never Objects to Noise as Animation
1914		He Only Wanted to Play with Dodo as Animation
1914		He Does Not Care to Be Photographed as Animation

1913		He Likes Things Upside Down as Animation
1913		He Loves to Be Amused as Animation
1913		He Poses for His Portrait as Animation
1913		It Is Hard to Please Him But It Is Worth It as Animation
1913		He Was Not Ill, Only Unhappy as Animation
1913		He Slept Well as Animation
1913		He Ruins His Family's Reputation as Animation
1913		He Loves to Watch the Flight of Time as Animation
1913		Poor Little Chap He Was Only Dreaming as Animation
1913		He Wants What He Wants When He Wants It as Animation
1913		Business Must Not Interfere as Animation
1913		When He Wants a Dog, He Wants a Dog as Animation

Writing

1913

Bewitched Matches as Writer

1908		The Hotel of Silence as Writer
1908		Fantasmagorie as Writer
1908		Fantasmagorie as Screenplay