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Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French director and screenwriter.
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entertainment · French filmmaker · film director · screenwriter · film producer · director · also Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jeunet
Born 3 September 1953 · Q217324
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2025· 3 entries
Variety: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ‘Violette’ Sets Full Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts and Melvil Poupaud Join Leila Bekhti in Studiocanal’s Drama (EXCLUSIVE)
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Deadline.com: Jean-Pierre Jeunet To Direct Adaptation Of French Bestseller “Changer L’Eau Des Fleurs’ For Palomar & 24 25 Films
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2022· 3 entries
Yahoo: Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Alien Resurrection, 25 years on: ‘I think it’s kind of sexy and weird’
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IndieWire: Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Joss Whedon Movies Are for ‘Morons’ and ‘American Geeks’
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The Guardian: Bigbug review – Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s offbeat robot tale lands on Netflix
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2019· 1 entry
That he may go to Netflix "as a last resort", and indeed his next film, Bigbug, was released by the streaming video company in 2022
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2016).
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Jeunet and Romain Segaud co-directed the three-minute stop-motion animation film Deux escargots s'en vont, based on a poem by Jacques Prévert
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2014· 1 entry
The Guardian: TS Spivet, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and me: Reif Larsen on seeing his book become a film
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2013· 1 entry
Jeunet released The Young and Prodigious T
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of Arts and Letters (2010).
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The Guardian: David Thomson on Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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2009· 1 entry
Released Micmacs, which is about a man and his friends who come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Edgar Awards (2005).
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet was involved in the creation of a detailed history project about the life of French aviator Louis Blériot
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2004· 1 entry
Jeunet released A Very Long Engagement, an adaptation of the novel by Sébastien Japrisot
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded César Award for Best Director for Amélie (2002).
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Awarded Lumière Award for Best Screenplay for Amélie (2002).
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2001· 4 entries
Awarded European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director for Amélie (2001).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Director for Amélie (2001).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Film for Amélie (2001).
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Jeunet achieved his biggest success with Amélie, which won him international acclaim; the film reached BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Director award for Delicatessen (1991).
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Special Award of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire (1983).
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-09-03.
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