Description:
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing La guerre du feu (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), L'amant (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Le dernier loup (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four César Awards, one David di Donatello Award, and one National Academy of Cinema Award. Annaud's first film, La victoire en chantant (1976), received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Birthday
October 1, 1943
Born In
Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
Alternative names
Jean Jacques Annaud
Parents
Pierre Annaud
Children
Louise Annaud
Trivia
Used to be banned from entering China because of his film Seven Years in Tibet (1997). But years later, he was hired to direct the Chinese-French co-production Le dernier loup (2015) and had his ban lifted.
Quotes
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.
Salaries
£1,100,000
Trademarks
Frequently casts Ron Perlman.
