Albert Lamorisse
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Albert Lamorisse (1922 - 1970) is a French filmmaker best known for The Red Balloon (1956), a short which earned him the grand prize at Cannes and an Oscar.
Lamorisse began making short films in the late 1940s. He died in a helicopter crash while filming The Lovers' Wind, a helicopter-tour of Iran. The film was edited from his production notes and released in 1978. It was nominated for a posthumous Oscar for best documentary.
He is also known for creating the popular strategy board game Risk in the early 1950s.
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