Jean-Jacques Annaud

Directing·Oct 1, 1943·Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France

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Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne. He was educated at the technical school in Vaugirard and in 1964 graduated from the prestigious film school Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. He began his career by directing television advertisements in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In his first feature film, Black and White in Color from 1976, he used personal experience obtained during his own military service in Cameroon. The film won an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. His third film Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) received two Césars for best film and best director. In 1986 he directed The Name of the Rose, a film adaptation of Umberto Eco's popular novel of the same name. The film version, with a screenplay written by Andrew Birkin, won two BAFTA Film Awards and was the subject of another 14 wins & two nominations. Jean-Jacques Annaud spent four years preparing for the film, traveling throughout the United States as well as Europe, searching for the perfect cast and film set locations. He supposedly felt personally intrigued by the project, among other things because of a lifelong fascination with medieval churches and a great familiarity with Latin and Greek.[citation needed] For Seven Years in Tibet, a film adaptation of the life of Heinrich Harrer, he has received a lifelong denial of entry to China, as have starring actors Brad Pitt and David Thewlis. In 2000 he wrote and produced Running Free directed by Sergei Bodrov. He also directed the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates, detailing the exploits of Vassili Zaitsev during the Battle of Stalingrad. His latest work was filmed in the year 2006, a film known by the name His Majesty Minor, which was filmed in Benitatxell and Benigembla, basically in the district of the Marina Alta, which is located in the Valencian Community. Annaud's next project will be the film adaptation of the award-winning best-selling Chinese novel Wolf Totem.

Film	Credit
AA Look Through His Lens2024 · Self	Self
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose2022 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero2022 · Self - director	Self - director
Notre-Dame on Fire2022 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer2019 · Himself	Himself
Wolf Totem2015 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations2013 · Self	Self
DDer Bernd2012 · Self	Self
Black Gold2011 · Director	Director
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer2010 · Self	Self
La Traversée du désir2009 · Self	Self
His Majesty Minor2007 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
PPhoto Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud2004 · self	self
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire2004 · Self	Self
Two Brothers2004 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
100 Greatest Sexy Moments2003 · Self	Self
Enemy at the Gates2001 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Running Free1999 · Producer, Writer	Producer, Writer
Seven Years in Tibet1997 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Wings of Courage1995 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Lover1992 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The King of Ads1991 · Director	Director
TThe Making of The Lover1991 · Self	Self
Pictures of Europe1990 · Self	Self
The Bear1988 · Director	Director
La rosa dei nomi1987 · Self	Self
TThe Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'1986 · Self	Self
The Name of the Rose1986 · Director	Director
Quest for Fire1981 · Director	Director
ÀÀ propos de 'La guerre du feu'1981 · Self	Self
Hothead1979 · Director	Director
Too Shy to Try1978 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Black and White in Color1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer