Joann Sfar

Acting

Joann Sfar

Born 1971-08-28 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Procence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Joann Sfar (born 28 August 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator, novelist, and film director.

Acting credits

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions poster
6.0

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

2017

Little Vampire poster
6.9

Little Vampire lives in a haunted house with a merry group of monsters, but he is bored stiff! One night, he secretly sneaks out of the manor along with his trusted bulldog, Phantomato, on a quest to find some new friends.

Little Vampire

2020

The Rabbi's Cat poster
7.0

The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.

The Rabbi's Cat

2011

Behind the Superhero Mask poster
NR

Documentary that examines the popularity of super-hero comic books.

Behind the Superhero Mask

2013

Hawaii, l'âme du ukulélé poster
NR

A passionate ukulele player, cartoonist Joann Sfar ("The Rabbi's Cat") flies to Hawaii to explore the history of the little instrument, as well as the culture that surrounds it. For the pocket guitar, imported in 1879 by the Portuguese from Madeira who had come to harvest sugar cane, is the vector of a philosophy specific to the archipelago: the spirit of "Aloha", which condenses hospitality, joy, love and respect. With brushes in hand, Joann Sfar set out in search of the ideal instrument, meeting craftsmen, musicians, dancers and guardians of Hawaiian culture.

Hawaii, l'âme du ukulélé

2020

No artwork available
6.5

Documentary about Joann Sfar (born August 28, 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator and film director. He is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema. From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed Gainsbourg: Une Vie Heroique, a biopic of the illustrious French songwriter and singer, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.

Joann Sfar (drawings)

2010

People of the Graphic Novel poster
NR

"People of the Graphic Novel" is a playful introduction to the history of an art form: from the first "funny pages" to seminal artists including Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman.

People of the Graphic Novel

2012

Behind the camera

Aya of Yop City poster
7.2

While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking and flirting with boys. Their ambition is to follow Plan C: Combs, Clothes and Chasing Men! But big trouble comes to town when Adjoua realizes she’s pregnant, and the baby’s father is the spoiled son of one of the richest and most feared men in the whole country.

Aya of Yop City

2013

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet poster
7.3

Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

2014

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life poster
6.9

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

2010

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life poster
6.9

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

2010

La Caverne poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Caverne

2016

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun poster
5.1

She’s the most beautiful, most short-sighted, most sentimental, most perplexing, most obstinate, most untrustworthy and most troubling of heroines. The lady in the car has never seen the sea. On the run from the police, she keeps telling herself that she’s not crazy… Only...

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

2015

Little Vampire poster
6.9

Little Vampire lives in a haunted house with a merry group of monsters, but he is bored stiff! One night, he secretly sneaks out of the manor along with his trusted bulldog, Phantomato, on a quest to find some new friends.

Little Vampire

2020

Little Vampire poster
6.9

Little Vampire lives in a haunted house with a merry group of monsters, but he is bored stiff! One night, he secretly sneaks out of the manor along with his trusted bulldog, Phantomato, on a quest to find some new friends.

Little Vampire

2020

The Rabbi's Cat poster
7.0

The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.

The Rabbi's Cat

2011

The Rabbi's Cat poster
7.0

The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.

The Rabbi's Cat

2011

The Rabbi's Cat poster
7.0

The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's teenage daughter.

The Rabbi's Cat

2011

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Chat du rabbin

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Chat du rabbin