Jean-Jacques Annaud
Directing
Born October 1, 1943 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
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.
Filmography
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
Self - director
Notre-Dame on Fire
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
Himself
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Wolf Totem
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
Self
Black Gold
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Self
La Traversée du désir
Self
His Majesty Minor
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire
Self
Two Brothers
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Enemy at the Gates
Running Free
Vivement dimanche
Self
Seven Years in Tibet
Wings of Courage
The Lover
The King of Ads
Pictures of Europe
Self
The Bear
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
La rosa dei nomi
Self
The Name of the Rose
Champs-Elysées
Self
Quest for Fire
Hothead
Too Shy to Try
Black and White in Color
Spécial cinéma
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self