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Gilles Jacob

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Born: June 22, 1930 in Paris, France

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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...

Filmography13 TITLES
Femme Fatale
6.2
Femme Fatale2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
A Day in the Life of French Cinema2002
Dead Tired
6.0
Dead Tired1994
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
5.2
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017
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