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| Born | September 3, 1953 Roanne, Loire, France |
| Spouse(s) | Liza Sullivan |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French film director. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roanne ( Rouana in Arpitan) is a town and commune in central France in the Loire département Loire ( Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. His films are idiosyncratic fantasies characterized by detailed sets and story-lines. Idiosyncrasy, from Greek ιδιοσυγκρασία idiosunkrasia, "a peculiar temperament" "habit of body" ( idios "one's own"
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Life and career
Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. Roanne ( Rouana in Arpitan) is a town and commune in central France in the Loire département Loire ( Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became Jeunet's longtime collaborator and co-director. Marc Caro, born April 2, 1956, is a French filmmaker best known for his co-directing projects with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative
Together, Jeunet and Caro directed award-winning animations. Their first live action film was The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (1981), a short film about soldiers in a bleak futuristic world. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Jeunet also directed numerous advertisements and music videos. A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics
Jeunet and Caro's first feature film was Delicatessen (1991), a black comedy set in a famine-plagued post-apocalyptic world, in which a block of flats above a delicatessen is ruled by a butcher who kills people in order to feed his tenants. Delicatessen ( 1991) is a French Black comedy Film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, starring Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of Comedy and Satire where topics and events that are usually regarded A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any Faunal species which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional Malnutrition, Starvation A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale
Next came The City of Lost Children (1995), a dark, multi-layered fantasy film with a twisting plot about a doctor who kidnaps children in order to steal their dreams. The City of Lost Children ( La Cité des enfants perdus) is a Dystopian French fantasy/drama Film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes usually involving magic, Supernatural events make-believe creatures or exotic Fantasy worlds
The success of The City of Lost Children led to an invitation to direct the fourth movie in the Alien series - Alien: Resurrection (1997). Alien is a 1979 science fiction / Horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver. Alien Resurrection is a science fiction released in 1997 by 20th Century Fox. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Like his subsequent films, this one is credited only to Jeunet, although Caro did some work on the art design. Production designer is a term used in the movie and Television industries to refer to the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films Though not well received by critics, Alien: Resurrection turned a profit at the box office.
Jeunet returned to France. The clout of having a Hollywood film under his belt gave him free rein on his next project, Amélie, starring Audrey Tautou. Amélie is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. Audrey Justine Tautou ( born 9 August, either in 1976 or 1978, is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing Amélie is lighter and more romantic than his previous films, a fact sometimes attributed to Caro's minimal participation. This story, about a girl who takes pleasure in doing good deeds but cannot find love herself, was a huge commercial and box office success worldwide, and was nominated for several Academy Awards. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. For this film he also got an European Film Award for Best Director. The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements
In 2004, Jeunet released A Very Long Engagement, an adaptation of the novel by Sébastien Japrisot set after World War I, during which a woman (played by Audrey Tautou) searches for her missing lover. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A Very Long Engagement (French Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a 2004 Romance, War Film, directed Sébastien Japrisot ( 4 July 1931 &ndash 4 March 2003) was a French author screenwriter and film director born in Marseille World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
In 2007, Jeunet pulled out of directing Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi due to budget reasons. Yann Martel (born June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Spain) is a Canadian Author best known for the Man Booker Prize Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure Novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. Jeunet has now gone on to direct his own film Micmacs a tire-larigot
Style
Jeunet seeks out actors with unusual faces for his films, and frequently uses wide-angle lenses to distort human features and sets.
He was influenced by Jacques Prévert and the Nouvelle Vague. Jacques Prévert (ʒak pʀeˈvɛʀ in French February 4, 1900 - April 11, 1977) was a French Poet and Screenwriter "Nouvelle Vague" redirects here For the music group of the same name see Nouvelle Vague (band. This is seen in movies such as Amelie where he uses surrealism.
Collaborators
Jeunet likes to work with the same team of filmmakers and repeatedly casts similar actors. His usual 'team' includes the following:
- Dominique Pinon has appeared in all five of Jeunet's feature-length films
- Rufus and Ticky Holgado appear in all of his feature-length films except Alien: Resurrection
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus has appeared in all of his feature-length films except Alien: Resurrection and Amélie
- Ron Perlman appears in both City of Lost Children and Alien: Resurrection
- Audrey Tautou appears in both Amélie and A Very Long Engagement. Dominique Pinon (born 4 March 1955) is a French Actor whose most famous roles have been in the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Rufus is the Stage name of French actor Jacques Narcy, b December 19, 1942 in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France Ticky Holgado, pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, ( Toulouse, June 24 1944 - Paris, January 22 2004 was a French Actor and a frequent Jean-Claude Dreyfus ( February 18, 1946) is a French Actor. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir Alien Resurrection is a science fiction released in 1997 by 20th Century Fox. Amélie is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. Ronald Francis "Ron" Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American Television, Film and voice over actor Audrey Justine Tautou ( born 9 August, either in 1976 or 1978, is a French film actress, known to worldwide audiences for playing Amélie is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. A Very Long Engagement (French Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a 2004 Romance, War Film, directed
- Darius Khondji was the cinematographer on Delicatessen, City and Alien. Darius Khondji ( born 21 October 1955 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-French Cinematographer.
- Bruno Delbonnel was the cinematographer on Amélie and A Very Long Engagement. Bruno Delbonnel (born 1957 in Nancy) is an Academy Award -nominated and multiple award-winning French cinematographer.
- Hervé Schneid was the editor for all Jeunet's feature-length films
- Aline Bonetto was the set designer for Amélie, Delicatessen and A Very Long Engagement. Film editing is an art of storytelling practiced by connecting two or more shots together to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an Aline Bonetto is a French Production designer and Set decorator. Scenic design (also known as stage design, set design or production design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as Film or
Filmography
| Year | Title | French Title | No. of Oscar nominations | No. of Oscar wins |
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| 1978 | The Escape | L'Évasion | ||
| 1980 | Le Manege | |||
| 1981 | The Bunker of the Last Gunshots | Le Bunker de la derniere rafale | ||
| 1984 | Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko | |||
| 1989 | Things I Like, Things I Don't Like | Foutaises | ||
| 1991 | Delicatessen | |||
| 1995 | The City of Lost Children | La Cité des enfants perdus | ||
| 1997 | Alien: Resurrection | |||
| 2001 | Amélie | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | 5 | |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | 2 | |
| 2009 | Micmacs à Tire-Larigot | |||
| TBA | Life of Pi |
External links
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet at the Internet Movie Database
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet Official Site
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet at MySpace
- GreenCine's interview with Jeunet
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