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Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and co-director. They met at an animation festival in Annecy in the 1970s.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Director: A Very Long Engagement. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a self-taught director who was very quickly interested by cinema, with a predilection for a fantastic cinema where form is as important as the subject. Thus he started directing TV commercials and video clips (such as Julien Clerc in 1984). At the same time he met designer/drawer Marc Caro with whom he made two short ...
- September 3, 1953
Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Director. Writer. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a self-taught director who was very quickly interested by cinema, with a predilection for a fantastic cinema where form is as important as the subject. Thus he started directing TV commercials and video clips (such as Julien Clerc in 1984).
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- Director, Writer, Producer
- Roanne, Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Other articles where Jean-Pierre Jeunet is discussed: Audrey Tautou: The romantic fable, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, was an international hit, became the top-grossing French-language movie of all time in the United States, and scored an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film. It also earned Tautou a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) nomination for best actress. In…
Aug 15, 2016 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Master of Magical Stories. First published: August 15, 2016 by Hazel Smith. By Hazel Smith. Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s unique style has made him one of the most successful French film directors of the last quarter-century. Both a critical and box office success, Jeunet is a storyteller with a comic-book twist.
- Hazel Smith
SIDELIGHTS: Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of those rare screenwriters who also directs all of his own works to ensure his original vision is not tampered with. Beginning his film-making career by collaborating with Marc Caro on short films, both animated and live action, Jeunet ventured into feature film with 1991's Delicatessen .
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet débute dans le métier en réalisant des films publicitaires, et des vidéoclips (parmi lesquels Tombé pour la France d' Étienne Daho en 1986 ou La Fille aux bas nylon de Julien Clerc en 1984). En parallèle, il réalise en commun avec le dessinateur Marc Caro des courts métrages d' animation, L' Évasion (1978) et Le ...