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…
Known For
Filmography
Citizen B
2025
Kiarostami at Work
2023
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Deauville et le rêve américain
2020
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014
Mr. X
2014
100 Films and a Funeral
2007
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Femme Fatale
2002
Dead Tired
1994