Gilles Jacob

Director

Born: June 22, 1930 (age 96)
From: Paris, France

Gilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist, who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014. Born in Paris, the son of an entrepreneur, Jacob studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, having Claude Chabrol as a schoolmate. At 17 years old he co-founded a short-lived cinema magazine, Raccords. He then collaborated as a film critic and journalist…

Filmography (19)

Thanks for Coming (2026)
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Citizen B (2025)
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Kiarostami at Work (2023)
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Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Deauville et le rêve américain (2020)
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The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
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Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017)
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Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016)
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Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014)
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Mr. X (2014)
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A Special Day (2012)
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100 Films and a Funeral (2007)
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Words in Progress (2004)
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A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
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Femme Fatale (2002)
Cannes Film Festival Participant
Heart of the Festival (2002)
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Dead Tired (1994)
Gilles Jacob
Liberté
Liberté (1989)
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Le cinéma dans les yeux (1987)
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