Gilles Jacob
Directing
Born June 22, 1930
From Paris, France
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-founde...
Filmography
Thanks for Coming
Self
202610.0
Citizen B
Self
20256.0
Kiarostami at Work
Self
2023
Morceaux de Cannes
20212.0
Deauville et le rêve américain
Self
2020
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self
20177.0
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
20175.2
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Self
20167.5
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Self
2014
Mr. X
Self
20145.9
100 Films and a Funeral
Self
20077.3
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
20027.0
Femme Fatale
Cannes Film Festival Participant
20026.2
Dead Tired
Gilles Jacob
19946.0