- As of 2013, remains the only person to ever win an Oscar for the screenplay of a short film. He won the award for The Red Balloon (1956).
- Creator of the board game RISK. Originally, published in France in 1957, it was called La Conquête du monde. It was eventually picked up by Parker Brothers, and sold in the United States under the name Risk.
- Father of Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse and Fanny Lamorisse.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 553-555. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
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