Gilles Jacob
Birthday
1930/06/22 (95 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
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Biography
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 na...Read more
Acting
(2014) Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self
(2017) The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self
(2023) Kiarostami at Work
as Self
(2014) Mr. X
as Self
(2016) Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
as Self
(1994) Dead Tired
as Gilles Jacob
(2007) 100 Films and a Funeral
as Self
(2020) Deauville et le rêve américain
as Self
(2002) Femme Fatale
as Cannes Film Festival Participant
(2002) A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
(2025) Citizen B
as Self
(2017) Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self