Django Films
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Django Films is a film studio run by the Oscar nominated French animator Sylvain Chomet
. The studio, named after the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt
, is based in Edinburgh
, Chomet's adopted home. produced The Illusionist, based upon a hitherto unproduced script by Jacques Tati
. The Django Films studio was set up solely to make this film, and is now being dismantled.http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/New-animated-film-depicting-Edinburgh.6083471.jp
Sylvain Chomet
Sylvain Chomet is a French comic writer, animator and film director.- Early career :Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, near Paris, he studied art at high-school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet moved to London in 1988 to work as an animator at the Richard Purdum studio...
. The studio, named after the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
, is based in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, Chomet's adopted home. produced The Illusionist, based upon a hitherto unproduced script by Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker, working as a comedic actor, writer and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time...
. The Django Films studio was set up solely to make this film, and is now being dismantled.http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features/New-animated-film-depicting-Edinburgh.6083471.jp