---
name: "Jean-Jacques Debout"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-jacques-debout"
fi1m_id: "jean-jacques-debout"
imdb_id: "nm0213515"
tmdb_id: 39069
wikidata_id: "Q1542877"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "9 March 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:15:39.947094+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jean-Jacques Debout

## Identity

Jean-Jacques Debout

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-jacques-debout
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-jacques-debout
- **IMDb ID:** nm0213515
- **TMDB ID:** 39069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1542877
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Debout, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1542877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39069

Composer. Born 9 March 1940 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 9 March 1940, Paris, France
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Debout, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1542877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39069

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Masculin Féminin*](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md) (76)

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## Biography

Jean-Jacques Debout is a French composer, singer and songwriter. Born in Paris in 1940, he began his career in the late 1950s and has written songs for artists including Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan and Dalida.

He composed the music for the 1966 film *Masculin Féminin* directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Debout has also composed for other films and television productions, and he is married to singer and actress Chantal Goya.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Fi1m 76, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Chantal Goya, Sur la route enchantée* (2024), Director
- *The Extraordinary Adventures of Michel Strogoff* (2004), Music
- *Michel Strogoff* (1998), series, Music
- *Envoyé Spécial* (1990), series, as Jean-Jacques Debout
- *Le Mystérieux Voyage de Marie Rose* (1984), Director
- *La Poupée de Sucre* (1983), series, Writer
- *Le temps des vacances* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *George Who?* (1973), Music
- *Églantine* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad* (1971), Music, Original Music Composer
- *A Matter of Days* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)
- *Cherchez l'idole* (1964), as Jean-Jacques Debout
- *Where Are You From, Johnny?* (1963), as Le copain
- *Let's Be Daring, Madame* (1957), as Un passager du premier car (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Portrait de Jean-Jacques Debout par Roger Pic, années 1960.](https://film.one/media/person/3912832/gallery-ed9771ff708b.jpg) Portrait de Jean-Jacques Debout par Roger Pic, années 1960. — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/R%C3%A9cital_de_Jean-Jacques_Debout_-_btv1b10602812b_%2809_of_14%29_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jean Jacques debout & Jacques Ferchit (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3912832/gallery-c6a19c78df2b.jpg) Jean Jacques debout & Jacques Ferchit (2013) — Jacques Ferchit, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Album_toutes_les_chansons_des_guinguettes.JPG/1280px-Album_toutes_les_chansons_des_guinguettes.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jean-Jacques Debout](https://film.one/media/person/3912832/gallery-96a5f1a96221.jpg) Jean-Jacques Debout — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Jean-Jacques_Debout_Deauville_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Officer of Arts and Letters 2013: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)
- Prix Raoul-Breton 1966: Prix Raoul-Breton (won)

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

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