Gilles Jacob
Born in Paris, France — Jun 22 1930
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Biography
Gilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist, who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014. Born in Paris, the son of an entrepreneur, Jacob studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, having Claude Chabrol as a schoolmate. At 17 years old he co-founded a short-lived cinema magazine, Raccords. He then collaborated as a film critic and journalist with several publications, including Cinéma, Les Nouvelles littéraires and L'Express. In 1976 he was named deputy delegate general of the Cannes Film Festival, bef…
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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Femme Fatale
Cannes Film Festival Participant
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
To Each His Own Cinema
Production
Heart of the Festival
Directing
Dead Tired
Gilles Jacob
Mr. X
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
A Special Day
Directing
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self
Citizen B
Self
Deauville et le rêve américain
Self
Morceaux de Cannes
Kiarostami at Work
Self
100 Films and a Funeral
Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Self
Words in Progress
Directing
Le cinéma dans les yeux
Directing
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Self
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
Writing
Liberté
Directing