Microcosmos

7.5
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 80 min
  • Premiere: 1996. September 6.

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.

Discover

Jacques Perrin

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Camera

Thierry Machado

Director of Photography

Alain Devèz

Camera Operator

Michel Gallois

First Assistant Camera

Jean-Francois Baudelet

Camera Operator

Claude Bouteillon

Aerial Camera

George Costa

Camera Technician

Jean-Francois Baudelet

Helicopter Camera

Alexandre Bon

Second Assistant Camera

Charlet Recors

Camera Operator

Jean Claude Rémy

Aerial Camera

Jean Claude Rémy

Helicopter Camera

Eric Tesseydre

Still Photographer

Thierry Machado

Aerial Camera

Alexandre Monnier

First Assistant Camera

Philippe Romano

Assistant Camera

Bernard Weber

First Assistant Camera

François Gentit

Steadicam Operator

Frédéric Costa

Camera Technician

Romano Prada

Assistant Camera

Valentin Monge

Steadicam Operator

Roland Ory

Helicopter Camera

Roland Ory

Aerial Camera

Gilles Tordjman

Still Photographer

Bernard Ricon

Assistant Camera

Hugues Ryffel

Second Unit Director of Photography

Crew

Liliane Caille

Special Effects Assistant

Patricia Lignières

Post Production Supervisor

Jean-Pierre Maricourt

Special Effects

Jean-Pierre Vesco

Scientific Consultant

Dr. Michael Gries

Scientific Consultant

Hervé Guyot

Scientific Consultant

Professor Oppenoorth

Scientific Consultant

Marie Pérennou

Cinematography

Monsieur Durand

Scientific Consultant

Gudrun Koeniger

Scientific Consultant

Robert Guilbot

Scientific Consultant

Claude Nuridsany

Cinematography

Monsieur Ansonnaud

Scientific Consultant

Gérard Arnold

Scientific Consultant

Jean Pierre Lumaret

Scientific Consultant

Professor Rodin

Scientific Consultant

Claude Missandeau

Scientific Consultant

Michel Neff

Scientific Consultant

Luc Gomel

Scientific Consultant

Leon Rogez

Scientific Consultant

Jacques Perrin

Presenter

Marc Censi

Thanks

Jean Puech

Thanks

Directing

Renaud Dengreville

Assistant Director

Editing

Pauline Casalis

Assistant Editor

Nabila Daniault

Color Timer

David Hamme

Color Assistant

Raymond Terrentin

Color Timer

Production

Michel Fauré

Executive Producer

Jacques Perrin

Producer

Patrick Lancelot

Executive Producer

Yvette Mallet

Producer

Philippe Gautier

Executive Producer

André Lazare

Executive Producer

Christophe Adda

Unit Production Manager

Xavier Grin

Unit Production Manager

Conchita Airoldi

Co-Producer

Jean-Marc Henchoz

Co-Producer

Olivier Rechou

Unit Production Manager

Didier André

Assistant Production Manager

Nathalie Gorgon

Publicist

Paulette Materne

Production Coordinator

Claude Morice

Production Coordinator

Catherine Pidoux

Production Coordinator

Eva Simonet

Publicist

Sound

Bruno Coulais

Original Music Composer

Jérôme Lévy

Foley Artist

Pascal Mazière

Assistant Foley Artist

Laurent Quaglio

Sound Designer

Paul Lavergne

Music Producer

Didier Lizé

Sound Engineer

Writing

Claude Nuridsany

Screenplay

Marie Pérennou

Screenplay

Camera

Thierry Machado

Director of Photography

Alain Devèz

Camera Operator

Michel Gallois

First Assistant Camera

Jean-Francois Baudelet

Camera Operator

Claude Bouteillon

Aerial Camera

George Costa

Camera Technician

Jean-Francois Baudelet

Helicopter Camera

Alexandre Bon

Second Assistant Camera

Charlet Recors

Camera Operator

Jean Claude Rémy

Aerial Camera

Jean Claude Rémy

Helicopter Camera

Eric Tesseydre

Still Photographer

Thierry Machado

Aerial Camera

Alexandre Monnier

First Assistant Camera

Philippe Romano

Assistant Camera

Bernard Weber

First Assistant Camera

François Gentit

Steadicam Operator

Frédéric Costa

Camera Technician

Romano Prada

Assistant Camera

Valentin Monge

Steadicam Operator

Roland Ory

Helicopter Camera

Roland Ory

Aerial Camera

Gilles Tordjman

Still Photographer

Bernard Ricon

Assistant Camera

Hugues Ryffel

Second Unit Director of Photography

Crew

Liliane Caille

Special Effects Assistant

Patricia Lignières

Post Production Supervisor

Jean-Pierre Maricourt

Special Effects

Jean-Pierre Vesco

Scientific Consultant

Dr. Michael Gries

Scientific Consultant

Hervé Guyot

Scientific Consultant

Professor Oppenoorth

Scientific Consultant

Marie Pérennou

Cinematography

Monsieur Durand

Scientific Consultant

Gudrun Koeniger

Scientific Consultant

Robert Guilbot

Scientific Consultant

Claude Nuridsany

Cinematography

Monsieur Ansonnaud

Scientific Consultant

Gérard Arnold

Scientific Consultant

Jean Pierre Lumaret

Scientific Consultant

Professor Rodin

Scientific Consultant

Claude Missandeau

Scientific Consultant

Michel Neff

Scientific Consultant

Luc Gomel

Scientific Consultant

Leon Rogez

Scientific Consultant

Jacques Perrin

Presenter

Marc Censi

Thanks

Jean Puech

Thanks

Directing

Renaud Dengreville

Assistant Director

Editing

Pauline Casalis

Assistant Editor

Nabila Daniault

Color Timer

David Hamme

Color Assistant

Raymond Terrentin

Color Timer

Production

Michel Fauré

Executive Producer

Jacques Perrin

Producer

Patrick Lancelot

Executive Producer

Yvette Mallet

Producer

Philippe Gautier

Executive Producer

André Lazare

Executive Producer

Christophe Adda

Unit Production Manager

Xavier Grin

Unit Production Manager

Conchita Airoldi

Co-Producer

Jean-Marc Henchoz

Co-Producer

Olivier Rechou

Unit Production Manager

Didier André

Assistant Production Manager

Nathalie Gorgon

Publicist

Paulette Materne

Production Coordinator

Claude Morice

Production Coordinator

Catherine Pidoux

Production Coordinator

Eva Simonet

Publicist

Sound

Bruno Coulais

Original Music Composer

Jérôme Lévy

Foley Artist

Pascal Mazière

Assistant Foley Artist

Laurent Quaglio

Sound Designer

Paul Lavergne

Music Producer

Didier Lizé

Sound Engineer

Writing

Claude Nuridsany

Screenplay

Marie Pérennou

Screenplay