Gilles Jacob
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Director
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Birthday: June 22, 1930
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-09-02
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The Legend of the Ugly King
Overview: Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer, and visionary Kurdish filmmaker — who directed the 1982 Palme d'Or–winning Yol from inside prison and died in exile just two years later.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-09-14
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Kiarostami at Work
Overview: ‘Kiarostami at Work’ is a documentary showcasing Abbas Kiarostami’s boundless passion for work and creativity. The film features images captured by Seifollah Samadian during their thirty years of friendship and travels together, including behind-the-scenes footage of ‘Shirin’, ‘Certified Copy’ by the late Hamideh Razavi, and ‘Taste of Cherry’ by Bahman Kiarostami.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2023-10-06
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Mr. X
Overview: The image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media and the public, is unrelentingly bound to the figure of Leos Carax, in France. Elsewhere, the real focus is on his films and he is considered to be an icon of world cinema. Mr.X dives into the poetic and visionary world of an artist who was already a cult figure from his very first film. Punctuated by interviews and unseen footage, this documentary is most of all a fine-tuned exploration of the poetic and visionary world of Leos Carax, alias "Mr.X".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-20
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Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
Overview: An inquiry into two of the most influencial French filmakers friendship and feud.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-05-12
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Dead Tired
Overview: Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fame. Already in a fragile state of mind, strange events start to transpire all around him, and he gradually loses his grip. Taking the advice of a psychiatrist, Blanc retreats to the countryside with his friend Carole Bouquet, but Blanc still has not managed to escape all of his problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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100 Films and a Funeral
Overview: This documentary covers the life and death of London-based Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-02
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Deauville et le rêve américain
Overview: Reflection of the society and vector of the occidental culture, American cinema influences the entire world since its debuts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-05
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Femme Fatale
Overview: A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-30
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A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Overview: Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, directors, producers and technicians at work, from Hawaii to Paris and from New York to Lisbon.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-05-20
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Citizen B
Overview: Documentary on Ciby 2000, the French film production company founded by Francis Bouygues in 1990.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-01-17
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