Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1, 1943) is a French film director.
Biography
Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, a southern suburb of Paris, France.
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 was awarded an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film.
His third film Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) received two Césars for the best film and the best director.
In 1986 he directed The Name of the Rose (film), a film adaptation of Umberto Eco's popular novel of the same name. The film version, with screenplay written by Andrew Birkin, won 2 BAFTA Film Awards and was the subject of another 14 wins & 2 nominations. Jean-Jacques Annaud spent four years preparing 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, rooted in his background.
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.
His latest work was filmed in the year 2006, a film known by the name His Majesty Minor, which was filmed in Benitatxell and Benigembla, basically in the district of the Marina Alta, which is located in the Valencian Country.
Filmography
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)
External links
His official site
Jean-Jacques Annaud at the Internet Movie Database
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