Jean-Jacques Annaud - Filmography

Film director and screenwriter, born in Draveil, NC France. After working in advertising, his first venture into film-making was La Victoire en chantant (1976), a film on colonialism which won the best foreign film Oscar the following year. After a number of satirical films which won him Césars, he directed Le Nom de la Rose (The Name of the Rose), based on Umberto Eco's mediaeval detective story, and adapted Marguerite Duras' L'Amant (1991, producer Claude Berri). He also produced Les Ailes du Courage (1995), the story of Guillaumet's crossing of the Andes. In 1988 he received a best director César for L'Ours.

Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1st, 1943) is a French film director.

His third film Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) received two Césars for the best film and the best director.

For Seven Years in Tibet, a film adaptation of the life of Heinrich Harrer, he has received a life-long denial of entry to China.

Filmography

2004: Two Brothers (Deux Frères) 2001: Enemy at the Gates (Stalingrad) 1997: Seven Years in Tibet (Sept ans au Tibet) 1995: Wings of Courage (Les Ailes du courage) 1991: The Lover (L'Amant) 1988: The Bear (movie) (L'Ours) 1986: The Name of the Rose (film) (Le nom de la rose) 1981: Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) 1978: Hot Head (Coup de tête) 1976: Black and White in Color (Noirs et Blancs en couleurs)