- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 1, 1943
- Place of Birth
- Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
Jean-Jacques Annaud
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 …
Filmography
A Look Through His Lens
movieA Look Through His Lens
2024 · Self
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
movieAn Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Self (archive footage)
moviePatrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022 · Self - director
movieNotre-Dame on Fire
2022 · Director, Writer
movieOnce Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
2019 · Himself
tvThe Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
2018 · Director, Executive Producer
movieWolf Totem
2015 · Director, Screenplay
movieFantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
2013 · Self
Der Bernd
movieDer Bernd
2012 · Self
movieBlack Gold
2011 · Director, Adaptation
movieDante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010 · Self
movieLa Traversée du désir
2009 · Self
movieHis Majesty Minor
2007 · Writer, Director, Producer
Photo Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud
moviePhoto Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud
2004 · self
movieLe Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire
2004 · Self
movieTwo Brothers
2004 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Story
movie100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003 · Self
movieEnemy at the Gates
2001 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieRunning Free
1999 · Producer, Writer
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
movieSeven Years in Tibet
1997 · Director, Producer
movieWings of Courage
1995 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Lover
1992 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe King of Ads
1991 · Director
The Making of The Lover
movieThe Making of The Lover
1991 · Self
moviePictures of Europe
1990 · Self
movieThe Bear
1988 · Director
tvNulle part ailleurs
1987 · Self
movieLa rosa dei nomi
1987 · Self
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
movieThe Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986 · Self
movieThe Name of the Rose
1986 · Director
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieQuest for Fire
1981 · Director
À propos de 'La guerre du feu'
movieÀ propos de 'La guerre du feu'
1981 · Self
movieHothead
1979 · Director
movieToo Shy to Try
1978 · Screenplay
movieBlack and White in Color
1976 · Director, Writer
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self