Jean-Jacques Annaud
| Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
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 Jean-Jacques Annaud in 1998 |
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| Born | October 1, 1943 Essonne, Île-de-France, France |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1976 - Present |
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| http://www.jjannaud.com/ | |
Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1, 1943) is a French film director, film producer and screenwriter.
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[edit] Biography
Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne. He was educated at the technical school in Vaugirard and in 1964 graduated from the prestigious film school Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris.
He began his career by directing television advertisements in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In his first feature film, Black and White in Color from 1976, he used personal experience obtained during his own military service in Cameroon. The film won an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. His third film Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) received two Césars for best film and best director.
In 1986 he directed The Name of the Rose, a film adaptation of Umberto Eco's popular novel of the same name. The film version, with a screenplay written by Andrew Birkin, won two BAFTA Film Awards and was the subject of another 14 wins & two nominations. Jean-Jacques Annaud spent four years preparing for the film, traveling throughout the United States as well as Europe, searching for the perfect cast and film set locations. He supposedly felt personally intrigued by the project, among other things because of a lifelong fascination with medieval churches and a great familiarity with Latin and Greek.[citation needed]
For Seven Years in Tibet, a film adaptation of the life of Heinrich Harrer, he has received a lifelong denial of entry to China, as have starring actors Brad Pitt and David Thewlis.[1]
In 2000 he wrote and produced Running Free directed by Sergei Bodrov. He also directed the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates, detailing the exploits of Vassili Zaitsev during the Battle of Stalingrad.
In 2006 Annaud started filming His Majesty Minor, a fantasy-comedy which was filmed in Benitatxell and Benigembla, basically in the district of the Marina Alta, which is located in the Valencian Community.
His latest film is Black Gold, an epic drama setted in the 1930's Arab states which premiered in 2011. The film was fillmed in Tunisia and Qatar.
Annaud's next project will be the film adaptation of the award-winning best-selling Chinese novel Wolf Totem.[2]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film |
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| 1976 | Black and White in Color (Noirs et Blancs en couleurs) |
| 1978 | Hot Head (Coup de tête) |
| 1981 | Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose (Le Nom de la Rose) |
| 1988 | The Bear (L'Ours) |
| 1991 | The Lover (L'Amant) |
| 1995 | Wings of Courage (Les Ailes du courage) |
| 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet (Sept ans au Tibet) |
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates (Stalingrad) |
| 2004 | Two Brothers (Deux Frères) |
| 2007 | His Majesty Minor (Sa majesté Minor) |
| 2011 | Black Gold |
[edit] Awards and nominations
- César Award
- 1982: Quest for Fire (Won - Best Film)
- 1982: Quest for Fire (Won - Best Director)
- 1987: The Name of the Rose (Won)
- 1988: The Bear (Nomination - Best Film)
- 1988: The Bear (Won - Best Director)
- 1992: The Lover (Nomination)
- David di Donatello
- 1987: The Name of the Rose (Won)
- European Film Academy
- Enemy at the Gates (Nomination)
[edit] References
- ^ Rémi Fournier Lanzoni, French cinema: from its beginnings to the present, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004 p.464 n.7
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jI1eJ_tOh6PN6ztbLWbApAPy5Zcg
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