Gilles Jacob
Gilles Jacob
Person

Gilles Jacob

Director 1930-06-22 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 with several publications, including Cinéma, Les Nouvelles littéraires and L'Express. In 1976 he was named deputy delegate ...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale

2002 · Cannes Film Festival Participant

Dead Tired

Dead Tired

1994 · Gilles Jacob

Mr. X

Mr. X

2014 · Self

100 Films and a Funeral

100 Films and a Funeral

2007 · Self

The Legend of the Ugly King

The Legend of the Ugly King

2017 · Self

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

2017 · Self

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture

2016 · Self

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975 · Self

Ciné regards

Ciné regards

1978 · Self

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002 · Self

Morceaux de Cannes

Morceaux de Cannes

2021 · Movie

Citizen B

Citizen B

2025 · Self

Thanks for Coming

Thanks for Coming

2026 · Self

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione

2014 · Self

Kiarostami at Work

Kiarostami at Work

2023 · Self

Deauville et le rêve américain

Deauville et le rêve américain

2020 · Self