
Gilles Jacob
Known for
Directing
Born
June 22, 1930 (age 96)
Birthplace
Paris, France
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 o...
Best known work
Filmography
2026
Thanks for Comingas Self
2025
Citizen Bas Self
2023
Kiarostami at Workas Self
2021
2020
2017
The Legend of the Ugly Kingas Self
2017
2016
2014
2014
Mr. Xas Self
2012
A Special DayDirector
2007
100 Films and a Funeralas Self
2007
To Each His Own CinemaProducer
2007
2004
Words in ProgressDirector
2002
2002
Femme Fataleas Cannes Film Festival Participant
2002
Heart of the FestivalDirector, Producer
1994
Dead Tiredas Gilles Jacob
1989
LibertéDirector
1987
Le cinéma dans les yeuxDirector
1985
Ça n'arrive qu'à moiScenario Writer
1978
1975
1972









