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Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Oct 1 (age 82) Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France 1951–2024 (73 year career)
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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 F…

Known For

Enemy at the Gates
Film

Enemy at the Gates

Director
The Name of the Rose
Film

The Name of the Rose

Director
Seven Years in Tibet
Film

Seven Years in Tibet

Director
Two Brothers
Film

Two Brothers

Director
The Lover
Film

The Lover

Director
The Bear
Film

The Bear

Director
Quest for Fire
Film

Quest for Fire

Director
Wolf Totem
Film

Wolf Totem

Director

Filmography