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. 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... DVD cover The Red Balloon (Le ballon rouge) is a short film directed by French film-maker Albert Lamorisse in 1956. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Overview of Cannes from Le Suquet The seaside town of Cannes, in southern France, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lîle Saint Honorat Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced ) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

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 posthumerous Oscar for best documentary. // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors (propellers). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ...

He is also known for creating the popular strategy board game Risk in the early 1950s. A typical game of Risk in play. ...