Jean-Jacques Annaud

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-10-01 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Biography

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 N...

Production

1986

1997

1997

1988

The Bear

as Director

2001

2001

Enemy at the Gates

as Screenplay

2001

2004

Two Brothers

as Director

2004

Two Brothers

as Screenplay

2004

Two Brothers

as Producer

1979

Hothead

as Director

1992

The Lover

as Director

1992

The Lover

as Screenplay

2022

2022

2007

2007

1981

Quest for Fire

as Director

1995

Wings of Courage

as Screenplay

1995

Wings of Courage

as Director

2011

Black Gold

as Director

2015

Wolf Totem

as Director

2015

Wolf Totem

as Screenplay

1999

Running Free

as Producer

1999

Running Free

as Writer

1978

Too Shy to Try

as Screenplay

2011

Black Gold

as Adaptation

1995

Wings of Courage

as Producer

1991

The King of Ads

as Director

2004

Two Brothers

as Original Story

2007

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