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- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a self-taught director who was very quickly interested by cinema, with a predilection for a fantastic cinema where form is as important as the subject. Thus he started directing TV commercials and video clips (such as Julien Clerc in 1984). At the same time he met designer/drawer Marc Caro with whom he made two short animation movies: L'évasion (1978) and Le manège (1979), the latter winning a César for the best short movie. After these two successful movies Jeunet and Caro spent more than one year together by making every detail (scenario, costumes, production design) of their third short movie: The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (1981). This movie combined sci-fi and heroic-fantasy in a visually delirious story of the rising paranoia among soldiers trapped underground. With that movie they garnered several festival prizes in France. (This movie also marked their first collaboration with Gilles Adrien who later wrote the story of their two feature movies with them). After that Jeunet directed two other short movies without the help of Caro: Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko (1983), then Foutaises (1989) with Dominique Pinon who became another regular collaborator of Jeunet. All Jeunet's short movies won a lot of awards in France but also overseas and he won a second César with Foutaises (1989).
In 1991, Jeunet and Caro took their first steps in a feature movie: Delicatessen (1991). It was such a success that it won 4 Césars including the awards for the best new director(s) and the best scenario. For this movie Jeunet and Caro divided responsibilities with the former guiding the actors and the latter coordinating the artistic elements. And Jeunet showed again his liking to have Dominique Pinon, of course, but also Rufus, Jean-Claude Dreyfus and Ticky Holgado who appeared again in Jeunet's next movies, or Maurice Lamy who already had a little role in Foutaises (1989). The success of Delicatessen (1991) even surprised Jeunet and Caro themselves but they took advantage of that in order to finally make their almost 10 year-old project! This project took more than 4 more years to be carried out but the movie turned out enormous: The City of Lost Children (1995) was a black tale and was so innovative at this period that they needed to create new software for the special effects (mostly made by Pitof). Jeunet and Caro kept the same responsibilities as in Delicatessen (1991) and the movie also combined different international skills: US actor Ron Perlman, Chilean-born actor Daniel Emilfork, Iranian cinematographer Darius Khondji (who was already in the crew of Delicatessen (1991)), Americo-Italian composer Angelo Badalamenti and French fashion-designer Jean-Paul Gaultier for the costumes. While the film was supposed to be suitable for children, some considered it "dark", to which Jeunet and Caro replied that it was no more "dark" than Pinocchio (1940) or Bambi (1942).
But these critics didn't stop the movie from being successful and when the movie gained them further attention, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood called them. Thus in 1997, Jeunet left France to make a temporary career in the USA for the fourth installment of the 'Alien' series: Alien: Resurrection (1997). Marc Caro followed him just as a design supervisor but Jeunet brought with him a little army' of his usual collaborators (mostly French): actors Dominique Pinon and Ron Perlman, but also Pitof, Darius Khondji or editor Hervé Schneid, and for the first time Alain Carsoux who was responsible of the special effects of Jeunet's next film. In 2000, after two collaborations with Caro and one in the US, Jeunet came back to France in order to make a more personal movie, even if Guillaume Laurant wrote the story with him. Thus he used a lot of different details he wrote everywhere during his life (and also recycled things he'd already done, e.g. in Foutaises (1989)) and shot his story mostly in the Parisian suburb of Montmartre where he lives. Then the result was Amélie (2001) starring Audrey Tautou and Mathieu Kassovitz. With this movie Jeunet made the biggest worldwide success of French cinema history. A real magical potion, which won innumerable awards in the whole world including 4 Césars (therefore Jeunet won his fifth and sixth Césars!).
Jeunet eventually decided to adapt Sébastien Japrisot's book A Very Long Engagement (2004) for which he called Audrey Tautou and Dominique Pinon again, but also many other famous French actors and Jodie Foster. It had one of the most important budgets in French film history and eventually had a good international success and many nominations and awards.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Pierre Étaix was born on 23 November 1928 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Le Grand Amour (1969), As Long as You've Got Your Health (1966) and Yoyo (1965). He was married to Odile Crepin, Annie Fratellini and Denise bernard. He died on 14 October 2016 in Paris, France.- Actor
- Director
Ludovic Berthillot was born on 24 April 1969 in Roanne, Loire, France. He is an actor and director, known for District B13 (2004), Wasabi (2001) and Kiss of the Dragon (2001).- Writer
- Director
- Animation Department
Alain Gagnol was born in 1967 in Roanne, Loire, France. He is a writer and director, known for A Cat in Paris (2010), Phantom Boy (2015) and One Heck of a Plan (2016).- Bruno Balp was born on 13 April 1926 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor, known for Her and She and Him (1970), A Real Young Girl (1976) and Race for the Bomb (1987). He died on 31 May 2008 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Production Manager
Robert Porte was born on 9 March 1923 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor and production manager, known for Angélique (1964), Queen Margot (1954) and Tartarin de Tarascon (1962). He died on 10 December 1966 in Paris, France.- Edouard Carpentier was born on 17 July 1926 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor, known for L'homme en colère (1979), AWA All-Star Wrestling (1972) and Catch (1952). He died on 30 October 2010 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Director
- Additional Crew
Rachel Casaril was born on 25 October 1928 in Roanne, Loire, France. She was a director, known for La flambeuse (1981), L'ampélopède (1974) and Pic et pic et colegram (1972). She died on 26 November 2018 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France.- Director
- Writer
- Art Department
Boris Vial was born on 23 February 1968 in Roanne, Loire, France. He is a director and writer, known for Mr. Nobody (2009), Les Infortunes d'un jeune homme âgé (2001) and Bouton d'or (2011).- Visual Effects
- Producer
- Special Effects
Christian Rajaud was born on 26 June 1964 in Roanne, Loire, France. He is a producer, known for Wolf Totem (2015), Splice (2009) and Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008).- Patrick Alexandroni was born on 29 November 1962 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor, known for Les brigades roses (1981), Hot Dogs on Ibiza (1979) and Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967). He died on 16 September 2008 in Toulon, Var, France.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Hervé Lièvre was born on 20 January 1951 in Roanne, Loire, France. He is a director and producer, known for Le silence et la nuit (1979), Une journée (1988) and Ab Irato (1991).- Georges Montillier was born on 18 April 1939 in Roanne, Loire, France. He was an actor, known for Aubrac City (1971), Poussière d'ange (1987) and Pirates (1986). He died on 22 February 2022 in Marly, Loire, France.
- Huguette Forge was born on 5 April 1943 in Roanne, Loire, France. She was an actress, known for Bluebeard (1963), Femmes femmes (1974) and One Mystery a Day (1970). She died on 20 November 2015 in Lentigny, Rhone-Alpes, France.
- Director
- Writer
Irène Jouannet was born on 29 June 1945 in Roanne, Loire, France. She is a director and writer, known for L'autre Célia (1992), The Good Son (2001) and Dormez, je le veux! (1998).- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Set Decorator
Denis Bourgier was born on 10 January 1962 in Roanne, Loire, France. He is a production designer and set decorator, known for Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), Total Western (2000) and Alex Hugo (2014).