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Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director · Born 1943-10-01 · Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France

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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 Name of the Rose, a film adaptation of Umberto Eco's popular novel of the same name. The film version, with a screenplay written by Andrew Birkin, won two BAFTA Film Awards and was the subject of another 14 wins & two nominations. 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 fa…

Directed

  1. Enemy at the Gates (2001) — Director
  2. The Name of the Rose (1986) — Director
  3. Seven Years in Tibet (1997) — Director
  4. Two Brothers (2004) — Director
  5. The Lover (1992) — Director
  6. Quest for Fire (1981) — Director
  7. The Bear (1988) — Director
  8. Wolf Totem (2015) — Director
  9. Black Gold (2011) — Director
  10. Notre-Dame on Fire (2022) — Director
  11. Hothead (1979) — Director
  12. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018) — Director
  13. Black and White in Color (1976) — Director
  14. His Majesty Minor (2007) — Director
  15. Wings of Courage (1995) — Director
  16. The King of Ads (1991) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Patrick Dewaere, My Hero (2022) — Self - director
  2. Nulle part ailleurs (1987) — Self
  3. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
  4. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
  5. The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986) — Self
  6. La rosa dei nomi (1987) — Self
  7. Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations (2013) — Self
  8. La Traversée du désir (2009) — Self
  9. Dante Ferretti: Production Designer (2010) — Self
  10. À propos de 'La guerre du feu' (1981) — Self
  11. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  12. 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003) — Self
  13. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  14. Der Bernd (2012) — Self
  15. Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire (2004) — Self
  16. An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  17. German Film Award (1951) — Self
  18. Pictures of Europe (1990) — Self
  19. Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer (2019) — Himself
  20. The Making of The Lover (1991) — Self
  21. A Look Through His Lens (2024) — Self
  22. Photo Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud (2004) — self