Gilles Jacob
Directing
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,…
Filmography
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Morceaux de Cannes
2021
A Special Day
2012
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World
2007
Words in Progress
2004
Femme Fatale
2002
Heart of the Festival
2002
Dead Tired
1994
Liberté
Liberté
1989
Le cinéma dans les yeux
1987
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
1985