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Gilles Jacob

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Born: June 22, 1930 in 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-founded a short-lived cinema magazine, Raccords. He then collaborated as a film critic and journalist with...

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Film

21 Titles
Femme Fatale
6.2
FILM
Femme Fatale2002
To Each His Own Cinema
6.5
FILM
To Each His Own Cinema2007
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
5.2
FILM
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017
Mr. X
6.0
FILM
Mr. X2014
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
7.0
FILM
A Day in the Life of French Cinema2002
Dead Tired
6.0
FILM
Dead Tired1994
Heart of the Festival
6.5
FILM
Heart of the Festival2002
Morceaux de Cannes
2.0
FILM
Morceaux de Cannes2021
A Special Day
6.0
FILM
A Special Day2012
Kiarostami at Work
FILM
Kiarostami at Work2023
Deauville et le rêve américain
FILM
Deauville et le rêve américain2020
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
7.5
FILM
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture2016
Citizen B
FILM
Citizen B2025
The Legend of the Ugly King
7.0
FILM
The Legend of the Ugly King2017
Words in Progress
5.5
FILM
Words in Progress2004
100 Films and a Funeral
7.3
FILM
100 Films and a Funeral2007

Series

2 Titles
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.0
SERIES
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975–
Le Grand Échiquier
8.0
SERIES
Le Grand Échiquier1972–
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