Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953, Roanne, Loire - France) is a French film director. Many of Jeunet's earlier films, collaborations with designer and co-director Marc Caro, are set in a dystopic retro-future, culminating in the gritty but charming The City of Lost Children in 1995.
The success of City led to an invitation to direct the fourth movie in the Alien series - Alien: Resurrection. Though not well received by critics, Alien: Resurrection brought in money at the box office, and the clout of having a Hollywood film under his belt gave Jeunet free rein on his next project, Amélie.
Amélie, a more upbeat story set in Montmartre, was nominated for several Academy Awards.
Jeunet deliberately seeks out actors with unusual faces for his films, and frequently uses wide-angle lenses to distort human features and sets. Actor Dominique Pinon has appeared in all four of Jeunet's full-length films, Ron Perlman appears in both City and Resurrection, and Audrey Tautou appears in both Amélie and A Very Long Engagement.
Filmography
- L'Évasion (1978; short; animated; with Marc Caro)
- Le Manege (1980; short; with Marc Caro)
- Le Bunker de la derniere rafale (1981; short; with Marc Caro)
- Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko (1981; short; animated)
- Foutaises (1989; short; animated)
- Delicatessen (1993; with Marc Caro)
- La Cité des enfants perdus aka The City of Lost Children (1995; with Marc Caro)
- Alien: Resurrection (1997)
- Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain aka Amélie (2001)
- Un long dimanche de fiançailles aka A Very Long Engagement (2004)
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