Gilles Jacob

Gilles Jacob

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.

  • Title: Gilles Jacob
  • Popularity: 0.222
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1930-06-22
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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Gilles Jacob Movies

  • 2014
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    Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

    Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Legend of the Ugly King

    The Legend of the Ugly King

    7 2017 HD

    Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.

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  • 2023
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    Kiarostami at Work

    Kiarostami at Work

    1 2023 HD

    ‘Kiarostami at Work’ is a documentary showcasing Abbas Kiarostami’s boundless passion for work and creativity. The film features images captured by Seifollah Samadian during their thirty years of friendship and travels together, including behind-the-scenes footage of ‘Shirin’, ‘Certified Copy’ by the late Hamideh Razavi, and ‘Taste of Cherry’ by Bahman Kiarostami.

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  • 2014
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    Mr. X

    Mr. X

    5.9 2014 HD

    The image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media and the public, is unrelentingly bound to the figure of Leos Carax, in France. Elsewhere, the real focus is on his films and he is considered to be an icon of world cinema. Mr.X dives into the poetic and visionary world of an artist who was already a cult figure from his very first film. Punctuated by interviews and unseen footage, this documentary is most of all a fine-tuned exploration of the poetic and visionary world of Leos Carax, alias "Mr.X".

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  • 2016
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    Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

    Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

    7.5 2016 HD

    An inquiry into two of the most influencial French filmakers friendship and feud.

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  • 1994
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    Dead Tired

    Dead Tired

    6 1994 HD

    Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.

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  • 2007
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    100 Films and a Funeral

    100 Films and a Funeral

    7.3 2007 HD

    This documentary covers the life and death of London-based Polygram Filmed Entertainment.

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  • 2020
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    Deauville et le rêve américain

    Deauville et le rêve américain

    1 2020 HD

    Reflec­tion of the soci­ety and vec­tor of the occi­den­tal cul­ture, Amer­i­can cin­e­ma influ­ences the entire world since its debuts.

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  • 2002
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    Femme Fatale

    Femme Fatale

    6.139 2002 HD

    A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.

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  • 2002
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    A Day in the Life of French Cinema

    A Day in the Life of French Cinema

    1 2002 HD

    Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, directors, producers and technicians at work, from Hawaii to Paris and from New York to Lisbon.

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  • 2025
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    Citizen B

    Citizen B

    1 2025 HD

    Documentary on Ciby 2000, the French film production company founded by Francis Bouygues in 1990.

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  • 2017
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    Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

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

    5.2 2017 HD

    An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great moments of cinema, from Italian neorealism to the masterpieces of Woody Allen.

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  • 2012
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    A Special Day

    A Special Day

    6 2012 HD

    At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

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  • 2004
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    Words in Progress

    Words in Progress

    4 2004 HD

    Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals.

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  • 2002
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    Heart of the Festival

    Heart of the Festival

    4 2002 HD

    A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.

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  • 1989
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    Liberté

    Liberté

    1 1989 HD

    The 1789 French Revolution is presented in a 60-sequence anthology.

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  • 1987
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    Le cinéma dans les yeux

    Le cinéma dans les yeux

    1 1987 HD

    A compilation film celebrating 40 years of the Cannes Film Festival. It gathers72 excerpts of black and white and color films, selected among the 1200 feature films presented at Cannes since 1947.

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  • 1985
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    Ça n'arrive qu'à moi

    Ça n'arrive qu'à moi

    4.8 1985 HD

    A particularly unlucky man meets a beautiful young woman, daughter of a rich businessman. This one, pursued by blackmailers, is going to take him along in her galleys.

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  • 2002
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    Heart of the Festival

    Heart of the Festival

    4 2002 HD

    A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.

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  • 2007
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    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.497 2007 HD

    Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

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  • 2007
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    At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World

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

    6.5 2007 HD

    A short film made for "To Each His Own Cinema". In an unspecified future, a man prepares to kill himself in a cinema toilet. Two unseen radio commentators say he is the last Jew in the world, and that this is the last cinema, slated for destruction. They are not sorry to see it go.

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1975
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    6 1975 HD

    A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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