Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter.
11 Facts About Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films combine fantasy, realism, and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet then co-wrote and -directed with Caro again on The City of Lost Children.
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In 2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet achieved his biggest success with the release of Amelie, which won him international acclaim; the film reached BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important directors in modern French cinema, and his critical and commercial success has earned him two Academy Award nominations.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinemation Studios.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and co-director.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed numerous advertisements and music videos, such as Jean Michel Jarre's "Zoolook".
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet directed Amelie, the story of a woman who takes pleasure in doing good deeds but has trouble finding love herself, which starred Audrey Tautou.
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In 2004, Jean-Pierre Jeunet released A Very Long Engagement, an adaptation of the novel by Sebastien Japrisot.
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet stated in 2019 that he may go to Netflix "as a last resort", and indeed his next film, Bigbug, was released by the streaming video company in 2022.