Émile Cohl

Known for: Directing
Born: January 4, 1857, Paris, France
Died: January 20, 1938
Movies: 87

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".

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Fantasmagorie

1908

5.6

The Waiter's Dream

1910

5.7

The Puppet's Nightmare

1908

6.2

The Faithful Furniture

1910

6.5

Drama at the Puppets' House

1908

4.5

The Happy Microbes

1909

5.8

Spanish Clair de Lune

1909

5.4

Affairs of the Heart

1909

6.1

The Magic Hoop

1908

4.5

Japanese Fantasy

1909

Filmography

2010

I Humbly Beg You

Self (archive footage)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1921	The Puppet Looks for Lodgement	Director
1918	The Adventures of Nickel-Feet	Director
1916	Les exploits de Farfadet	Director
1914	Fancy Matches	Director
1914	He Only Wanted to Play with Dodo	Director
1914	He Never Objects to Noise	Director
1914	He Does Not Care to Be Photographed	Director
1914	Future Revealed by the Lines of the Feet	Director
1913	He Likes Things Upside Down	Director
1913	He Loves to Be Amused	Director
1913	He Poses for His Portrait	Director
1913	It Is Hard to Please Him But It Is Worth It	Director
1913	He Was Not Ill, Only Unhappy	Director
1913	He Slept Well	Director
1913	He Ruins His Family's Reputation	Director
1913	He Loves to Watch the Flight of Time	Director
1913	Bewitched Matches	Director, Writer
1913	Poor Little Chap He Was Only Dreaming	Director
1913	He Wants What He Wants When He Wants It	Director
1913	Business Must Not Interfere	Director
1913	When He Wants a Dog, He Wants a Dog	Director
1912	Le Voyage Fantastique de Marius	Director
1912	Les Métamorphoses Comiques	Director
1912	The Achievements of Will O' the Wisp	Director
1911	Jobard Changes Hands	Director
1911	Jobard Is Asked to Marry	Director
1911	Jobard, Acting Fiancé	Director
1911	Vengeance of the Spirits	Director
1911	Jobard, Porter for Love	Director
1911	Jobard, Shy Lover	Director
1911	Jobard ne veut pas voir les femmes travailler	Director
1911	Jobard, garçon de recettes	Director
1911	Brains Repaired	Director
1911	The Grotesque Museum	Director
1911	The Fantasies of Agénor Maltracé	Director
1911	Jobard Killed His Mother-in-Law	Director
1911	The Informant Hair	Director
1911	Music-Mania	Director
1911	Jobard ne peut pas rire	Director
1910	The Adventures of Baron du Crac	Director
1910	Mr. Crack	Director
1910	Nothing Is Impossible for Man	Director
1910	A History of Hats	Director
1910	The Persistent Salesman	Director
1910	The Mysterious Fine Arts	Director
1910	Art's Infancy	Director
1910	The Four Little Tailors	Director
1910	Petit Faust	Director
1910	The Neo-Impressionist Painter	Director
1910	The Twelve Labors of Hercules	Director
1910	The Faithful Furniture	Director
1910	The Waiter's Dream	Director
1910	Petit Chantecler	Director
1910	The Master of a Fashionable Game	Director
1910	En route	Director
1910	Childish Dreams	Director
1910	The Smile-O-Scope	Director
1910	Bébé's Masterpieces	Director
1910	Bonsoir	Director
1910	The Fairy's Farewell	Director
1909	Affairs of the Heart	Director
1909	The Enchanted Spectacles	Director
1909	Head-Dresses of Different Periods	Director
1909	Comic Mutations	Director
1909	Delicate Porcelains	Director
1909	Matrimonial Shoes	Director
1909	Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses	Director
1909	Crowns, II: The Crown of Thorns	Director
1909	Monsieur Clown Among the Lilliputians	Director
1909	Modern Education	Director
1909	Spanish Clair de Lune	Director
1909	The Next Door Neighbors	Director
1909	The Happy Microbes	Director
1909	The Living Fan	Director
1909	Japanese Fantasy	Director
1909	Floral Frameworks	Director
1909	Let's Be Sporty	Director
1909	Transfigurations	Director
1908	The Little Soldier Who Became a God	Director
1908	The Boutdebois Brothers	Director
1908	The Magic Hoop	Director
1908	Les Allumettes animées	Director
1908	Drama at the Puppets' House	Director
1908	The Hotel of Silence	Director, Writer
1908	The Puppet's Nightmare	Director
1908	Fantasmagorie	Director, Writer, Screenplay

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