Gilles Jacob
Directing
Born June 22, 1930 in Paris, France
Gilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist, who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014. Born in Paris, the son of an entrepreneur, Jacob studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, having Claude Chabrol as a schoolmate. At 17 years old he co-founded a short-lived cinema magazine, Raccords. He then collaborated as a film critic and journalist with several publications, including Cinéma, Les Nouvelles littéraires and L'Express.
Filmography
Thanks for Coming
Self
Citizen B
Self
Kiarostami at Work
Self
Morceaux de Cannes
Deauville et le rêve américain
Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Self
Mr. X
Self
A Special Day
100 Films and a Funeral
Self
To Each His Own Cinema
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
Words in Progress
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
Femme Fatale
Cannes Film Festival Participant
Heart of the Festival
Dead Tired
Gilles Jacob
Le cinéma dans les yeux
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self