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 F...
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and Glory...
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022
as Self - director
The actress Lola Dewaere recounts the film career and traumatic life of celebrated actor Patrick Dewaere, the father she never knew, under the watchfu...
Notre-Dame on Fire
2022
Director, Writer
A film relating from the inside the Notre-Dame de Paris fire of April 2019.
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
2019
as Himself
A documentary about Tonino Delli Colli, a man of cinema and cinematography, and one of the greatest performers of the Arte della Luce and of photograp...
Wolf Totem
2015
Director, Screenplay
In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization ...
Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
2013
as Self
A documentary about erotic obsessions by Laure Michel.
Der Bernd
2012
as Self
Black Gold
2011
Director, Adaptation
On the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to riva...
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010
as Self
The Documentary Dante Ferretti – Production Designer retraces the life and the career of Dante Ferretti, the famous Italian Artist and Production Desi...
La Traversée du désir
2009
as Self
What was your first desire? What did you long for most? Arielle Dombasle put these questions to a wide circle of famous people.
His Majesty Minor
2007
Writer, Director, Producer
In this offbeat comedy, a man raised by a pig dies and is resurrected with a newfound power of speech, elevating his stature among his fellow humans.
Photo Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud
2004
as self
Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire
2004
as Self
A documentary on the genesis, writing, shooting and analysis of the film "The Name of the Rose".
Two Brothers
2004
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces...
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and au...
Enemy at the Gates
2001
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Running Free
1999
Producer, Writer
The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a st...
Seven Years in Tibet
1997
Director, Producer
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the...
Wings of Courage
1995
Director, Screenplay, Producer
In 1930 South America, a small group of French pilots struggle to prove they can offer a reliable airmail service over the Andes. When one of the youn...
The Lover
1992
Director, Screenplay
A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has cont...
The King of Ads
1991
Director
A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-...
The Making of The Lover
1991
as Self
Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between...
The Bear
1988
Director
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
La rosa dei nomi
1987
as Self
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
as Self
A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of ...
The Name of the Rose
1986
Director
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under my...
Quest for Fire
1981
Director
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start ...
À propos de 'La guerre du feu'
1981
as Self
Making of ”Quest for Fire“.
Hothead
1979
Director
François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the ...
Too Shy to Try
1978
Screenplay
Pierre is a hotel cashier in Vichy, so shy that he answers an ad from the Psychology Institute and can't say no to the salesman, Aldo; he spends 6,000...
Black and White in Color
1976
Director, Writer
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their pr...
The Reality Trip
N/A
as self
Documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema which looks at how technological innovations - from widescreen to 3D, Cinerama to Showscan and IMAX - ...