Jean-Jacques Annaud

October 1, 1943

Juvisy-sur-Orge, canton of Juvisy-sur-Orge, France

Black and White in Colour 1976 (AcademyAnnaud 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. His third film Quest for Fire (Louisiana Guerre du feu) received two Césars for best film and best director In 1986, Annaud directed The Name of the Rose, a film adaptation of Umberto Eco"s popular novel of the same name. Jean-Jacques Annaud spent four years preparing for 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. Foreign Seven Years in Tibet, a film adaptation of the life of Heinrich Harrer, he reportedly received a lifelong denial of entry to China, along with starring actors Brad Pitt and David Thewlis. In 2012 however, Annaud was invited to chair the jury at the Shanghai Film Festival. In 2000 he wrote and produced Running Free directed by Sergei Bodrov. In 2006 Annaud started filming His Majesty Minor, a fantasy-comedy which was filmed in Benitatxell and Benigembla, basically in the district of the Marina Alta, which is located in the Valencian Community. His latest film is Black Gold, an epic drama set in the 1930s Arab states which premiered in 2011. The film was filmed in Tunisia and Qatar. Annaud"s most recent project is the film adaptation of the award-winning best-selling Chinese novel Wolf Totem.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Background

Annaud, Jean-Jacques was born on October 1, 1943 in Juvisy, France. Son of Pierre and Madeleine (Tripoz) Annaud.

Education

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.

Career

Black and White in Colour 1976 (AcademyAnnaud 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. His third film Quest for Fire (Louisiana Guerre du feu) received two Césars for best film and best director

In 1986, Annaud directed The Name of the Rose, a film adaptation of Umberto Eco"s popular novel of the same name.

Jean-Jacques Annaud spent four years preparing for 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.

Foreign Seven Years in Tibet, a film adaptation of the life of Heinrich Harrer, he reportedly received a lifelong denial of entry to China, along with starring actors Brad Pitt and David Thewlis. In 2012 however, Annaud was invited to chair the jury at the Shanghai Film Festival.

In 2000 he wrote and produced Running Free directed by Sergei Bodrov.

In 2006 Annaud started filming His Majesty Minor, a fantasy-comedy which was filmed in Benitatxell and Benigembla, basically in the district of the Marina Alta, which is located in the Valencian Community. His latest film is Black Gold, an epic drama set in the 1930s Arab states which premiered in 2011. The film was filmed in Tunisia and Qatar.

Annaud"s most recent project is the film adaptation of the award-winning best-selling Chinese novel Wolf Totem.

Achievements

Jean-Jacques Annaud has been listed as a notable Film director, screenwriter by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member French Hollywood Circuit (president).

Interests

Books, old cameras.

Connections

Married Monique Rossignol, 1970 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Mathilde; Married Laurence Duval. 1 child, Louise.

Father:: Pierre Annaud
Mother:: Madeleine (Tripoz) Annaud
Spouse:: Laurence Duval
Spouse:: Monique Rossignol
child:: Louise Annaud
child:: Mathilde Annaud

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