Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1, 1943 in Draveil , France ) is a French director .
biography
He began his career directing television commercials in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In his first feature film, Sehnsucht nach Afrika ( Longing for Africa) from 1976, he processed experiences that he had made during his time as a development aid worker in Cameroon in the early 1960s . The film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film .
The next but one film, In the Beginning Was Fire , received two Césars for best film and best director. With this film Annaud established himself as a director of films that are difficult to categorize. He further consolidated his reputation as an unconventional director with other works: These include the literary film adaptation of The Name of the Rose with Sean Connery and Christian Slater based on the book by Umberto Eco , the film of the same name with Jane March based on Marguerite Duras ' novel The Lover and The bear with two bears and Tchéky Karyo .
For his 1997 film, Seven Years in Tibet , a film adaptation of Heinrich Harrer's life , he - like the main characters - was initially banned from entering China for life; However , he was able to shoot the film The Last Wolf , released in 2015, in Inner Mongolia without any further requirements from the Chinese censorship authorities.
In 2007 Annaud was elected to succeed Gérard Oury in the Académie des Beaux-Arts . In 2018 he made his series debut with the ten-part miniseries The Truth About the Harry Quebert Case .
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: Longing for Africa (La victoire en chantant)
- 1979: That settles the matter for me (Coup de tête)
- 1981: In the beginning there was fire (La guerre du feu)
- 1986: the name of the rose
- 1988: The Bear (L'ours)
- 1992: The Lover (L'Amant), based on the eponymous story The Lover by Marguerite Duras from 1984
- 1995: Wings of Courage (short film)
- 1997: Seven Years in Tibet (Seven Years in Tibet)
- 2001: Duell - Enemy at the Gates (Enemy at the Gates)
- 2004: Two Brothers (Deux frères)
- 2007: His Majesty the Pig (Sa majesté Minor)
- 2011: Black Gold (Or noir)
- 2015: The Last Wolf (Le dernier loup)
- 2018: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair) (TV Series)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean-Jacques Annaud in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Jean-Jacques Annaud (English / French)
- Jean-Jacques Annaud in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Entry on the website of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
Individual evidence
- ^ Deutschlandfunk , Informations am Morgen , February 13, 2015, Ruth Kirchner, deutschlandfunk.de: Jean-Jacques Annauds neue Freiheit in China
- ^ Dpa, Andreas Landwehr , February 9, 2015, stimberg-zeitung.de: Director Annaud and the beauty of nature
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Annaud, Jean-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Draveil , France |