Jean-Jacques Annaud
Biography
Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne. He was educated at the technical school in Vaugirard and in 1964 graduated from the prestigious film school Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris.
He began his career by directing television advertisements in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In his first feature film, Black and White in Color from 1976, he used personal experience obtained during his own military service in Cameroon. The film won an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. His third film Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) received two Césars for best film and best director.
In 1986 he directed The Name of the Rose, a film adaptation of Umberto Eco's popular novel of the same name. The film version, with a screenplay written by Andrew Birkin, won two BAFTA Film Awards and was the subject of another 14 wins & two nominations. Jean-Jacques Annaud spent four years preparing for the film, traveling throughout the United States as well as Europe, searching for the perfect cast and film set locations. He supposedly felt personally intrigued by the project, among other things because of a lifelong fascination with medieval churches and a great familiarity with Latin and Greek.[citation needed]
Most directed genres
Recurring actors
Awards and nominations
- 2004 Charlemagne Medal for European Media
- 2001 European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director Nominated
- 1997 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 1982 César Award for Best Director
- — Knight of the National Order of Merit
- — Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms
- — Jean-Le-Duc award
The career in numbers
- US$ 381 mi Total budget from 9 film(s) with data
- US$ 695 mi Total box office from 9 film(s) with data
- US$ 42 mi Average budget from 9 film(s) with data
- US$ 77 mi Average box office from 9 film(s) with data
- 7.0 Average rating from 11 film(s) with data
- 2.0× Return on investment from 8 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Notre-Dame on Fire
|
2022 | US$ 35 mi | — | 6.6 |
Wolf Totem
|
2015 | US$ 38 mi | US$ 123 mi | 6.5 |
Black Gold
|
2011 | US$ 40 mi | US$ 5 mi | 6.5 |
His Majesty Minor
|
2007 | — | — | 3.5 |
Two Brothers
|
2004 | US$ 75 mi | US$ 62 mi | 7.1 |
Enemy at the Gates
|
2001 | US$ 68 mi | US$ 97 mi | 7.4 |
Seven Years in Tibet
|
1997 | US$ 70 mi | US$ 131 mi | 7.2 |
Wings of Courage
|
1995 | — | — | 6.7 |
The Lover
|
1992 | — | US$ 5 mi | 7.0 |
The King of Ads
|
1991 | — | — | 4.3 |
The Bear
|
1988 | US$ 25 mi | US$ 138 mi | 7.1 |
The Name of the Rose
|
1986 | US$ 18 mi | US$ 77 mi | 7.5 |
Quest for Fire
|
1981 | US$ 12 mi | US$ 55 mi | 7.0 |
Hothead
|
1979 | — | — | 7.1 |
Black and White in Color
|
1976 | — | — | 6.4 |
