- Known For
- Art
- Born
- May 8, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Nogent, Haute-Marne, France
- Died
- March 10, 2012
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (French: [ʒiʁo]; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius (/ˈmoʊbiəs/; French: [møbjys]) for his fantasy/science-fiction work, and to a slightly lesser extent as Gir (French: [ʒiʁ]), which he used for the Blueberry series and his other Western-themed work. Esteemed by Federico Fellini, Stan Lee, and Hayao Miyazaki, among others, he has been described as the most influential bande dessinée artist after Hergé. His most famous body of work as Gir concerns the Blueberry series, created with writer Jean-Michel Charlier, featuring one of the first antiheroes in Western comics, and which is particularly valued in continental Europe. As Mœbius, he achieved worldwide renown (in this case in the English…
Filmography
movieMinuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants
2013 · In Memory Of
movieLa Planète encore
2013 · Director, Writer
movieFantastic Laloux
2010 · Self
movieMetaMoebius
2010
movieMoebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
2007 · Self
movieThru the Moebius Strip
2005 · Co-Producer, Story
movieGhibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
2005 · Self - Interviewee
movieRenegade
2004 · Author
tvArzak Rhapsody
2003 · (voice), Writer, Director
movieThe Fifth Element
1997 · Conceptual Design
tvLo + plus
1995 · Self
movieThe Jodorowsky Constellation
1994 · Self
movieI Can't Sleep
1994 · Unit Production Manager
movieWhite Nightmare
1992 · Story
movieStarwatcher
1991 · Director
tvPrisoners of Gravity
1989 · Self
movieThe Abyss
1989 · Concept Artist
movieLittle Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989 · Conceptual Design, Story
movieWillow
1988 · Conceptual Design
The Masters of Comic Book Art
movieThe Masters of Comic Book Art
1987 · Self
movieUne sale histoire de sardines
1983 · Set Painter
moviePourquoi l'étrange monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?
1983 · Self
movieTron
1982 · Conceptual Design
movieTime Masters
1982 · Art Direction, Adaptation, Writer
movieHeavy Metal
1981 · Characters
movieAlien
1979 · Concept Artist
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
De L'Orphelin de Perdide aux Maîtres du Temps
movieDe L'Orphelin de Perdide aux Maîtres du Temps
— · Self