FILM DIRECTOR

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

1953 - Today

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet (French: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ʒœnɛ]; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director and screenwriter. His films combine fantasy, realism, and science fiction to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations. Jeunet debuted as a director with the acclaimed 1991 black comedy Delicatessen, collaborating with Marc Caro. Jeunet then co-wrote and -directed with Caro again on The City of Lost Children (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Pierre Jeunet is the 154th most popular film director (down from 143rd in 2019), the 1,078th most popular biography from France (down from 993rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Film Director.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is most famous for being the director of the movie "Amelie."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jean-Pierre Jeunet ranks 154 out of 2,041. Before him are Ang Lee, Robert Benton, Erich von Stroheim, Masaki Kobayashi, Alexander Dovzhenko, and Lasse Hallström. After him are Marcel Carné, Moustapha Akkad, Don Siegel, Abel Gance, Josef von Sternberg, and Peter Weir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jean-Pierre Jeunet ranks 46. Before him are Guy Verhofstadt, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Paul Allen, Malcolm Young, and Jim Jarmusch. After him are Mohammed Waheed Hassan, James Horner, Kitarō, Ségolène Royal, Alfred Molina, and Gaetano Scirea.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Pierre Jeunet ranks 1,078 out of 6,770. Before him are Jeanne Baret (1740), Louisa Maria Stuart (1692), Clotilde of France (1759), Paul Painlevé (1863), Adélaïde of France (1732), and Paul Sérusier (1864). After him are Edgar Morin (1921), Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480), Antoine Arnauld (1612), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Félix d'Herelle (1873), and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jean-Pierre Jeunet ranks 20. Before him are Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Tati (1907), Claude Lelouch (1937), René Clément (1913), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), and Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907). After him are Marcel Carné (1906), Abel Gance (1889), Louis Malle (1932), Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), and Jacques Rivette (1928).

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