Microcosmos (1996)
Movie
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.
Directed By : Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany
Genres : Documentary
Status : Released
Released : Sep 6, 1996
Tagline : 15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
Length : 80 minutes
Cast
Crew
- Editor : Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
- Director : Marie Pérennou
- Original Music Composer : Bruno Coulais
- Executive Producer : Michel Fauré
- Director : Claude Nuridsany
- Producer : Christophe Barratier
- Producer : Jacques Perrin
- Screenplay : Claude Nuridsany
- Executive Producer : Patrick Lancelot
- Producer : Yvette Mallet
- Director of Photography : Thierry Machado
- Executive Producer : Philippe Gautier
- Executive Producer : André Lazare
- Editor : Florence Ricard
- Screenplay : Marie Pérennou
- Foley Artist : Jérôme Lévy
- Assistant Foley Artist : Pascal Mazière
- Sound Designer : Laurent Quaglio
- Unit Production Manager : Christophe Adda
- Unit Production Manager : Xavier Grin
- Sound : Philippe Barbeau
- Assistant Director : Renaud Dengreville
- Co-Producer : Conchita Airoldi
- Co-Producer : Jean-Marc Henchoz
- Unit Production Manager : Olivier Rechou
- Sound : Bernard Le Roux
- Special Effects Supervisor : Christian Guillon
- Special Effects Assistant : Liliane Caille
- Assistant Production Manager : Didier André
- Post Production Supervisor : Patricia Lignières
- Special Effects : Jean-Pierre Maricourt
- Assistant Editor : Pauline Casalis
- Vocals : Françoise Gnéri
- Conductor : Christophe Guiot
- Vocals : Louis Coulais
- Camera Operator : Alain Devèz
- First Assistant Camera : Michel Gallois
- Color Timer : Nabila Daniault
- Camera Operator : Jean-Francois Baudelet
- Aerial Camera : Claude Bouteillon
- Camera Technician : George Costa
- Helicopter Camera : Jean-Francois Baudelet
- Second Assistant Camera : Alexandre Bon
- Vocals : Hugo Coulais
- Musician : Marie Kobayashi
- Camera Operator : Charlet Recors
- Scientific Consultant : Jean-Pierre Vesco
- Scientific Consultant : Michael Gries
- Scientific Consultant : Hervé Guyot
- Scientific Consultant : Professor Oppenoorth
- Cinematography : Marie Pérennou
- Aerial Camera : Jean Claude Rémy
- Key Grip : Louis Vercraene
- Scientific Consultant : Monsieur Durand
- Helicopter Camera : Jean Claude Rémy
- Pilot : Jean Claude Rémy
- Still Photographer : Eric Tesseydre
- Scientific Consultant : Gudrun Koeniger
- Music Producer : Paul Lavergne
- Sound Engineer : Didier Lizé
- Aerial Camera : Thierry Machado
- First Assistant Camera : Alexandre Monnier
- Scientific Consultant : Robert Guilbot
- Cinematography : Claude Nuridsany
- Assistant Camera : Philippe Romano
- Scientific Consultant : Monsieur Ansonnaud
- Color Assistant : David Hamme
- Scientific Consultant : Gérard Arnold
- Scientific Consultant : Jean Pierre Lumaret
- Scientific Consultant : Professor Rodin
- Publicist : Nathalie Gorgon
- Color Timer : Raymond Terrentin
- Steadicam Operator : François Gentit
- Musician : France Tarpinian
- Camera Technician : Frédéric Costa
- Aerial Camera : Jean-Francois Baudelet
- Grip : Martin Boutilié
- Assistant Camera : Romano Prada
- Steadicam Operator : Valentin Monge
- Helicopter Camera : Roland Ory
- Aerial Camera : Roland Ory
- Still Photographer : Gilles Tordjman
- Scientific Consultant : Claude Missandeau
- Scientific Consultant : Michel Neff
- Assistant Camera : Bernard Ricon
- Scientific Consultant : Luc Gomel
- Scientific Consultant : Leon Rogez
- Production Coordinator : Paulette Materne
- Thanks : Pascal Imbert
- Production Coordinator : Claude Morice
- Presenter : Jacques Perrin
- Thanks : Marc Censi
- Thanks : Jean Puech
- Thanks : Claude Caussanel
- Production Coordinator : Catherine Pidoux
- Publicist : Eva Simonet
- Thanks : Francois Servel
- Thanks : Hubert Reeves
- Thanks : Michel Flaesch
- Thanks : Henri Landes
- Thanks : Joseph Bourdon
- Thanks : Dominique Ambiel
- Second Unit Director of Photography : Hugues Ryffel
- First Assistant Camera : Bernard Weber