JR
Also Known As: Jean René, 제이알
Biography: JR is a French photographer and artist. Describing himself as a photograffeur, he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in public locations, in a manner similar to the appropriation of the built environment by the graffiti artist.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: February 22, 1983
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
Overview: A follow-up special to Madonna's recently released concert documentary film MADAME X. This special features questions from very special guests Ariana Grande, Amy Schumer, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Jimmy Fallon, Kim Kardashian, Snoop Dog, and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-18
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The Past Goes Fast
Overview: In The Past Goes Fast, Robert De Niro opens the doors of his father’s studio, preserved for almost thirty years, to JR. He discusses his complex relationship with his father, Robert De Niro Sr (1922-1993), an abstract expressionist painter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-08
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Fame
Overview: A small town in southern Italy is invested by one who will become one of the most important festival of Street Art of the world. Creating a myth through a course of improvisation, chaos and devotion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-06-08
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Tehachapi
Overview: French visual artist-director JR (co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary FACES PLACES with the legendary Agnès Varda) situates his latest social-art intervention in a Southern Californian supermax prison, where he has imagined an enormously ambitious collaboration with the facility’s inmates.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-12
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Faces Places
Overview: Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-06-28
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Chance Is the Best Assistant
Overview: An interview with Agnes Varda and JR.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-08
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#JR
Overview: At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the National Assembly ever since … From New York to Shanghai, and the Israeli-Palestinian wall to the US-Mexico border, he has stuck or exhibited giant photos on the walls of dozens of countries and associated hundreds of thousands of unknown artists with his projects. With the active collaboration of the artist himself, the documentary “# JR” tells the extraordinary adventure of this art activist whose spectacular interventions are all clear expressions of humanism, pacifism or remembrance relayed by his very strong involvement in social networks. For JR, art can help change the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-04
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Paper & Glue
Overview: A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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