About Gilles Jacob
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,…
Filmography14 films
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- Thanks for Coming2026
- Citizen B2025
- Kiarostami at Work2023
- Morceaux de Cannes2021
- Deauville et le rêve américain2020
- The Legend of the Ugly King2017
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life2017
- Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture2016
- Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione2014
- Mr. X2014
- 100 Films and a Funeral2007
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema2002
- Femme Fatale2002
- Dead Tired1994
- Thanks for Coming2026
- Citizen B2025
- Kiarostami at Work2023