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Gilles Jacob
Directing
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 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, a…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Citizen B
as Self
Kiarostami at Work
as Self
Morceaux de Cannes
Deauville et le rêve américain
as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
as Self
Mr. X
as Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self
100 Films and a Funeral
as Self
