Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud in 2015
Born	(1943-10-01) 1 October 1943 (age 80) Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, Nazi Occupied France
Alma mater	Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques
Occupation	Film director • screenwriter • producer
Years active	1965–present
Website	jjannaud.com/en

Jean-Jacques Annaud (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak ano]; born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Bear (1988), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Black Gold (2011), and Wolf Totem (2015).

Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including five César Awards, one David di Donatello Award, and one National Academy of Cinema Award. Annaud's first film, Black and White in Color (1976), received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[1]