Gilles Jacob
Actor
Biography
Gilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist, who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014.
Born in Paris, the son of an entrepreneur, Jacob studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, having Claude Chabrol as a schoolmate. At 17 years old he co-founded a short-lived cinema magazine, Raccords. He then collaborated as a film critic and journalist with several publications, including Cinéma, Les Nouvelles littéraires and L'Express.
In 1976 he was named deputy delegate general of the Cannes Film Festival, before becoming delegate general in 1978, and finally becoming president of the festival from 2001 to 2014. He stayed in the festival's board of directors until 2018, and since then he served as member of the General Assembly of the festival. Among his initiatives, were the foundation of the Un Certain Regard selection, the Caméra d'Or award, and the Cinéfondation.
During his career Jacob received various honours and accolades, notably the Legion of Honour.[4] He served as a juror at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.
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Filmography
Femme Fatale
as Cannes Film Festival Participant 2002
Dead Tired
as Gilles Jacob 1994
Mr. X
as Self 2014
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self 2017
100 Films and a Funeral
as Self 2007
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self 2017
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
as Self 2016
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self 2014
Kiarostami at Work
as Self 2023
Deauville et le rêve américain
as Self 2020
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self 2002