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Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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 and Le manège... See full bio »

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in Roanne, Loire, France
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2013 The Young and Prodigious Spivet (post-production)
 
2009 Micmacs (as Jean Pierre Jeunet)
 
2004 A Very Long Engagement
 
2001 Amélie
 
1997 Alien: Resurrection
 
1995 The City of Lost Children
 
1991 Delicatessen
 
1989 Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (short) (as Jean Pierre Jeunet)
 
1984 Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko (short)
 
1981 The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (short)
 
1980 Le manège (short)
 
1978 L'évasion (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (11 titles)
2013 The Young and Prodigious Spivet (screenplay) (post-production)
 
2009 Micmacs (scenario / as Jean Pierre Jeunet)
 
2004 A Very Long Engagement (story and adaptation)
 
2001 Amélie (scenario)
 
1995 The City of Lost Children (additional dialogue)
 
1991 Delicatessen (screenplay)
 
1989 Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (short) (as Jean Pierre Jeunet)
 
1984 Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko (short) (screenplay)
 
1981 The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (short) (scenario)
 
1980 Le manège (short) (screenplay)
 
1978 L'évasion (short) (screenplay)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
2013 The Young and Prodigious Spivet (producer) (post-production)
 
2010 Micmacs - Au Four Et Au Moulin (video documentary) (producer)
 
2009 Micmacs (producer)
 
2006 A forradalom arca - Egy pesti lány nyomában (documentary) (co-producer)
 
2004 A Very Long Engagement (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
Show ShowEditor (3 titles)
1989 Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (short) (as Jean Pierre Jeunet)
 
1984 Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko (short)
 
1981 The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (short)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (2 titles)
1981 The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (short)
 
1978 Chili: Les arpilleras de la colère (documentary short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2004 Madame Edouard (technical advisor)
 
Show ShowCasting Department (1 title)
2001 Amélie (voice casting/plaque - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSet Decorator (1 title)
Show ShowCostume Designer (1 title)
Show ShowAnimation Department (1 title)
1980 Le manège (short) (animator)
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2013 The Drain (short) (special thanks) (completed)
 
2013 Entends ce cri... (short) (grateful thanks)
 
2006 Demain la veille (short) (thanks)
 
2005 A Year at the Front: Behind the Scenes of 'A Very Long Engagement' (video documentary) (thanks: end titles)
 
2001 Vidocq (special thanks)
 
1998 I Stand Alone (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (26 titles)
2011 The Extraordinary Voyage (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Micmacs - Au Four Et Au Moulin (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 La traversée du désir (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Mémoires du cinéma francais, de la libération à nos jours (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 L'hebdo cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2005 A Year at the Front: Behind the Scenes of 'A Very Long Engagement' (video documentary)
Himself - Director
 
2005 Nos Zamis Lé Hyens (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 A Very Long Engagement: On the Set of a Romantic Epic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Un long dimanche de fiançailles: le making-of (TV documentary)
Himself - Réalisateur
 
2002-2004 On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 March 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2004 En aparté (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 One Step Beyond: The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Home Movies (video short)
Himself
 
2002 Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981-2002 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself - César du court-métrage d'animation / Himself - César du meilleur premier film - César du meilleur scénario / Himself - César du meilleur réalisateur - César du meilleur film
– La 27ème nuit des Césars (2002) … Himself - César du meilleur réalisateur - César du meilleur film
– 17ème nuit des Césars (1992) … Himself - César du meilleur premier film - César du meilleur scénario
– 6ème nuit des Césars (1981) … Himself - César du court-métrage d'animation
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Romance (2002) … Himself (as Jean-Pierre Jeunett)
 
2002 Celluloid Dreams (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Alien Evolution (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Alien: Resurrection (1997) … Himself
 
1995 Les enfants de la cité perdue (video documentary short)
Himself - Réalisateur
 
1991 Fine Cooked Meats: A Nod to Jeunet and Caro's feature film 'Delicatessen' (TV documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2002 The 'Alien' Saga (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed the music video for Étienne Daho's "Tombé pour la France" (1987). See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I got something pretty rare: American power and a lot of money to distribute the film [ A Very Long Engagement] worldwide. I can tell you politicians from right to left are so proud of the film, actors, technicians, everybody except the independent French producers who campaigned against it. But, you know we live in a capitalist world where the only thing is to earn money... See more »

Trivia:

Declined the offer to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. See more »

Trademark:

Always casts Dominique Pinon See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo