Jean Pierre Jeunet French Film Directo |
Jean Pierre Jeunet
September 3, 1953 to present
ØJean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter.
ØHis films are known to mix elements of fantasy, reality and science fiction either to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations.
ØHis films are known to mix elements of fantasy, reality and science fiction either to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations.
ØA former animator. His first live action animation film was The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (1981)
ØHis movies are often marked by quirky, slapstick humor, alongside surrealist visuals.
ØJean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. Jeunet with his close friend Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and co-director.
ØTogether, Jeunet and Caro directed award-winning animations. Jeunet also directed numerous advertisements and music videos.
ØJeunet's films often resonate with the late twentieth century French film movement, cinéma du look, and allude to themes and aesthetics involving German expressionism and the French New Wave.
Films
ØJeunet and Caro's first feature film was Delicatessen
(1991)
ØThey
next made The City of Lost Children (1995)
ØThe
success of The City of Lost Children led to an invitation to
direct the fourth film in the Alien series, Alien Resurrection
(1997). This is where Jeunet and Caro ended up going their separate ways as
Jeunet believed this to be an amazing opportunity and Caro was not interested
in a film that lacked creative control working on a big-budget Hollywood movie.
ØJeunet
directed Amélie (2001).
ØIn
2004, Jeunet released A Very Long Engagement
ØIn
2009, he released Micmacs
ØIn
2013, Jeunet released The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
ØHe
rejected offers to direct Hellboy and a Harry Potter movie.
ØJeunet
spent years working on adapting Life of Pi and planning the film
for the big screen but stepped aside from the project. Ang Lee went on to win
the Academy Award for directing the film.
ØJean
Pierre Jeunet accuses Guillermo Del Toro of copying ‘Delicatessen’ dance
scene in ‘The Shape of Water’
Award and Nominations
ØCésars
Ø1981-
César Award for Best Animated Short Film for Le Manège, 1991, 1992,
Delicatessen, 2002 Amélie, 2005 for A Very Long Engagement
ØOscars
ØNomination
in 2002 for Amélie (Best original Screen Play, Best foreign language film)
ØEuropean
Film Awards
Ø1991
for Delicatessen, 2001 for Amélie, 2005 Nomination for European
Film Award for Best Director for A Very Long Engagement
ØEdgar
Award
Ø2005
Edgar Award for best scenery for Amélie
Cinematic Style
ØUse
of wide angle
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Wide Angle Shot |
ØStylized and Grotesque sets
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Stylized and Gritesque set |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Stylized and Gritesque set |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Stylized and Gritesque set |
ØExaggerated Expressions
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Exaggerated Expression |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Exaggerated Expression |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Exaggerated Expression |
ØExcessive Use of Color
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Excessive Use of Color |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Excessive Use of Color |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Excessive Use of Color |
ØInterest in object and CGI
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Interest in Object and CGI |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Interest in Object and CGI |
Jean Pierre Jeunet's Cinematic Style: Interest in Object and CGI |