Biography
Born in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, a museum director and author and illustrator. This was at the height of the "British Raj", so he was brought up by Indian nurses ("ayahs"), who taught him something of the beliefs and tongues of India. He was sent "home" to England at the age of six to live with a foster mother, who treated him very cruelly.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Boots
2025
Original Film Writer
An original frame by frame animation for the „Boots" poem by Rudyard Kipling. It was originally created about the Second Boer War in South Africa, but...

It's Pretty, but is it Art?
2023
as Self (archive footage)
As Orson Welles, I might say: Art is the grand illusion, a mirror reflecting the complexities of the human soul. It's a symphony of ideas, emotions, a...

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
Novel
A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.

The Jungle Book
2016
Novel
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a jou...
Scape
2013
Story
Based on Rudyard Kipling's story: 'The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes,' Scape takes place in the early 1800s on the Oregon Trail. Indians attack Morr...

The Jungle Book: The Movie
2013
Novel
An animated version of the classic Rudyard Kipling book about a boy who grows up in the jungle.
Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast
2012
Story
A modern film adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's original short story.

Jungle Book 3D Rikki-Tikki-Tavi To The Rescue
2006
Novel

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998
Novel
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
1997
Novel
In this exciting live-action adventure, young Mowgli, an orphan raised by wolves, is spotted by a scout for a giant circus. Accompanied by a cruel hun...

Captains Courageous
1996
Writer
Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding...

Jungle Book
1995
Novel
When Mowgli was just a baby, or as his adopted parents call him, a "man cub," Shere Khan the tiger went after Mowgli's mother and father. Baby Mowgli ...

The Jungle Book
1994
Novel
Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boo...

They
1993
Story
A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.

The Adventures of the Maltese Cat
1991
Author
Based on the Rudyard Kipling story.

Kim
1991
Novel

Jungle Book
1990
Novel
The infant Mowgli, separated from his family and lost in the jungle, is found and raised by the animals. Baloo the bear tries to teach Mowgli the ways...

Maggie
1989
Writer
On the occasion of the anniversary of John Lennon a group of teenagers organize a memorial party. An innocent fact, at first sight, which brings them ...

The Cat Who Walked by Herself
1988
Story
Two parents put their child in his crib for the night and leave the room. The child starts crying, and the Cat comes into the room to keep him company...

A Cruel Romance
1984
Poem
In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an “open...

Kim
1984
Novel
A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits ...

How the First Letter Was Written
1984
Story
Based on the fairy tale by Rudyard Kipling.

Ёжик плюс черепаха
1981
Book

Captains Courageous
1977
Novel
A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea cap...

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1976
Novel
Rikki is a young mongoose who is adopted by a human family after nearly drowning in the river. He returns the favour by protecting them from two murde...

Mowgli's Brothers
1976
Story
Mowgli's Brothers is a 1976 television animated special created by legendary animator Chuck Jones. It is based from the first chapter of Rudyard Kipli...

The Man Who Would Be King
1975
Book
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for...

The White Seal
1975
Writer
In one seal herd, a young seal pup with a rare white colouring named Kotick is born. When as he matures, he learns of the deadly threat that human hun...

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1975
Writer
Rikki is a young mongoose who is adopted by a human family after nearly drowning in the river. He returns the favour by protecting them from two murde...

The Adventures of Mowgli
1973
Original Story
Adventures of Mowgli is an animated feature-length story originally released as five animated shorts of about 20 minutes each between 1967 and 1971 in...

Adventures of Mowgli: Return to Mankind
1971
Original Story
Episode 5. Mowgli stood the leader of the wolf pack. It's time to settle with the main enemy of Mowgli tiger Shere Khan. In addition, the jungle comes...
Adventures of Mowgli: The Fight
1970
Original Story
Episode 4. A terrible threat hanging over the wolf tribe and all living inhabit the jungle. On native places for Mowgli is approaching a huge flock of...
Adventures of Mowgli: Akela's Last Hunt
1969
Original Story
Episode 3. Mowgli has grown and in order that he might take his place in the pack he needed to arm themselves. Kaa helped Mowgli find the Iron Tooth i...

The Cat Who Walked by Himself
1968
Story
The story about the wild creatures of the wild forest and one impudent Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.

Adventures of Mowgli: The Kidnapping
1968
Original Story
Episode 2. Mowgli — the adopted son of a wolf family. He grows quickly and learns from his mentors. The rumor that the wolf pack living human child, c...

The Jungle Book
1967
Novel, Story
The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and t...

Слонёнок
1967
Original Story

Adventures of Mowgli: Raksha
1967
Original Story
Episode 1. A small child falls into the jungle in the wolf family. He liked the mother wolf Raksha, which gave him the tiger Sher Khan. The wolves ra...

Sergeants 3
1962
Poem
Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870.

Soldiers Three
1951
Novel
Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.

Kim
1950
Novel
During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English s...

Jungle Book
1942
Novel
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including...

Words for Battle
1941
Poem
Poetry by Rudyard Kipling, John Milton, and William Blake, and excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill, all read by Laurence O...

The Light That Failed
1939
Novel
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

Gunga Din
1939
Poem
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While compl...

Why Does a Rhino Have Skin Folds?
1938
Book
Based on the fairy tale of the same name by Rudyard Kipling.

Wee Willie Winkie
1937
Story
In 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he c...

Captains Courageous
1937
Novel
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vesse...

Elephant Boy
1937
Story
In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.

The Brave Sailor
1936
Short Story
Animated adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's story "How the Whale got his Throat".

Слонёнок
1936
Short Story

The Light That Failed
1923
Story
About Dick Heldar, an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Maisie Wells, his ambition drives him to faraway places. He...

A Fool There Was
1922
Poem
A respectable businessman leaves his wife and daughter for the clutches of a cold, heartbreaking female.

Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
1922
Writer
Fulta Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailor...

Without Benefit of Clergy
1921
Writer, Production Design
A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.

The Naulahka
1918
Poem
Trying to win the Three C's railroad line for his home town of Topaz, Colorado, Nicholas "Nick" Tarvin journeys to India to secure the famed jewel kno...

A Fool There Was
1915
Story
John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accident, his wife and child can not come al...

Vampire of the Desert
1913
Poem
Ishmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under the charms of Lispeth, a vampire. One day there passes...

The Jungle Book 2
N/A
Novel
A sequel to The Jungle Book (2016).