Jean-Jacques Annaud
Birthday: 1 October 1943, Draveil, Essonne, France
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing La guerre du feu (1981), Der Name der Rose (1986), L'amant (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) a ...Show More
The crew of La guerre du feu (1981) was international, and things went fine. The way I feel, I feel Show more
The crew of La guerre du feu (1981) was international, and things went fine. The way I feel, I feel very French, but also I feel very good about being in America. Probably it's because I feel so French that I don't feel anything wrong about being different but rather love the experience. I think you may hate America when you don't speak the language, you don't understand the people, and you feel bad about your own culture. But I feel extremely good about French culture and extremely good about American culture. I love being here. I love my American friends. So I said to myself, why not try an international approach without trying to push aside my own culture, my past, or anything about me? Hide
As a commercial director, you learn to direct actors and place a camera. But you don't learn how to Show more
As a commercial director, you learn to direct actors and place a camera. But you don't learn how to tell a story. You learn how to be superficial. Hide
[2013 interview] When I go to Paris my heart sinks. I feel people aren't happy. They understand that Show more
[2013 interview] When I go to Paris my heart sinks. I feel people aren't happy. They understand that their country is not what it was; that the lives of their children are not going to be as good as theirs. China is just the opposite. We still have a vision of China as very rigid, with officials who are like puppets. It's just the opposite! Under the uniform they are living creatures, full of joy! The new China is like Spain after Franco. Or America in the 1970s. People know they are going to run the world Hide
Enemy at the Gates (2001) is a film about duels and duality, about contrasts and extremes. The event Show more
Enemy at the Gates (2001) is a film about duels and duality, about contrasts and extremes. The event is minuscule, but the propaganda makes it extremely important. Two individuals track each other in the midst of millions who are dying, but the focus is on these two. The smallest part is only one little piece of the large canvas, but it consequently becomes the central symbol of the whole. Hide
Jean-Jacques Annaud's FILMOGRAPHY
as Director (7)
as Creator (1)
