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name: "Jean-Jacques Annaud"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 October 1943"
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average_over: 2
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# Jean-Jacques Annaud

## Identity

Jean-Jacques Annaud

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-jacques-annaud
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-jacques-annaud
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000269
- **TMDB ID:** 2352
- **Wikidata ID:** Q154490
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Annaud, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2352

Director. Born 1 October 1943 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 October 1943, Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
- **Active:** 1981–2001
- **Also known as:** Jean Jacques Annaud, 让-雅克·阿诺
- **Frequently works with:** [Gérard Brach](https://film.one/person/gerard-brach.md), [Alain Godard](https://film.one/person/alain-godard.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Annaud, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154490, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000269/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2352

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Bear*](https://film.one/film/the-bear.md) (78), [*The Name of the Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md) (77)

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## Biography

Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Born on 1 October 1943 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, he trained at the technical school in Vaugirard and graduated from the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris in 1964. He began his career directing television advertisements in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

His feature debut, *Black and White in Color* (1976), won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is known for directing *Quest for Fire* (1981), which received two César Awards, *The Name of the Rose* (1986), *The Bear* (1988), *The Lover* (1992), *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997) and *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), on which he also served as producer and co-wrote the screenplay. Annaud has received five César Awards and other honours including the National Academy of Cinema Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, jjannaud.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Bear* (1988), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bear.md)
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Notre-Dame on Fire* (2022), Director, Writer
- *The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair* (2018), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Wolf Totem* (2015), Director, Screenplay
- *Black Gold* (2011), Director, Adaptation
- *His Majesty Minor* (2007), Writer, Director, Producer
- *Two Brothers* (2004), Screenplay, Director, Producer, Original Story
- *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Running Free* (1999), Producer, Writer
- *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), Producer, Director
- *Wings of Courage* (1995), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Lover* (1992), Director, Screenplay
- *The King of Ads* (1991), Director
- *The Bear* (1988), Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bear.md)
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-name-of-the-rose.md)
- *Quest for Fire* (1981), Director
- *Hothead* (1979), Director
- *Too Shy to Try* (1978), Screenplay
- *Black and White in Color* (1976), Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Jean-Jacques Annaud - Annonce des Titres mondiaux du Prix Versailles, 15 décembre 2021](https://film.one/media/person/3744008/gallery-ef04b78562dc.jpg) Jean-Jacques Annaud - Annonce des Titres mondiaux du Prix Versailles, 15 décembre 2021 — Guillaume Ombreux, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Jean-Jacques_Annaud_-_Annonce_des_Titres_mondiaux_du_Prix_Versailles%2C_15_d%C3%A9cembre_2021.jpg/1280px-Jean-Jacques_Annaud_-_Annonce_des_Titres_mondiaux_du_Prix_Versailles%2C_15_d%C3%A9cembre_2021.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://film.one/media/person/3744008/gallery-b32b072490fc.jpg) Jean-Jacques Annaud — Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Jean-Jacques_Annaud_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_f%C3%A9vrier_2015.jpg/1280px-Jean-Jacques_Annaud_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_f%C3%A9vrier_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jean-Jacques Annaud speak about his film, "Wolf Totem" at Strasbourg, february, 20 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/3744008/gallery-46202f3defa3.jpg) Jean-Jacques Annaud speak about his film, "Wolf Totem" at Strasbourg, february, 20 2015. — Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Strasbourg_Jean-Jacques_Annaud_20_f%C3%A9vrier_2015.jpg/1280px-Strasbourg_Jean-Jacques_Annaud_20_f%C3%A9vrier_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jean-Jacques Annaud à la Fondation Jérôme-Seydoux-Pathé, le 13 mai 2026.](https://film.one/media/person/3744008/gallery-bd46dc36a064.jpg) Jean-Jacques Annaud à la Fondation Jérôme-Seydoux-Pathé, le 13 mai 2026. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Jean-Jacques_Annaud_2026_1.jpg/1280px-Jean-Jacques_Annaud_2026_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Charlemagne Medal for European Media 2004: Charlemagne Medal for European Media (won)
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2001: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Enemy at the Gates*
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1997: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- César Award for Best Director 1989: César Award for Best Director (won), for *The Bear*
- César Award for Best Director 1982: César Award for Best Director (won), for *Quest for Fire*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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