Gilles Jacob

Known for DirectingBorn 1930-06-22 (age 96)Paris, France

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, before becoming delegate general in 1978, and finally becoming president of the festival from 2001 to 2014. He stayed in the festival's board of directors until 2018, and since then he served as member of the General Assembly of the festival. Among his initiatives, were the foundation of the Un Certain Regard selection, the Caméra d'Or award, and the Cinéfondation. During his career Jacob received various honours and accolades, notably the Legion of Honour.[4] He served as a juror at the 47th Venice International Film Festival. Source: Article "Gilles Jacob" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

Thanks for Coming

Le cinéma dans les yeux

Le Grand Échiquier

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

100 Films and a Funeral

The Legend of the Ugly King

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Liberté

To Each His Own Cinema

Heart of the Festival

Citizen B

Femme Fatale

Mr. X

A Special Day

Dead Tired

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Words in Progress

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

Ça n'arrive qu'à moi

At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

Morceaux de Cannes

Kiarostami at Work

Deauville et le rêve américain

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione