Gilles Jacob
Directing
17
Acting Credits
5
Directed
Biography
Gilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist, who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014. Born in Paris, the son of an entrepreneur, Jacob studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, having Claude Chabrol as a schoolmate. At 17 years old he co-founded a short-lived cinema magazine, Raccords. He then collaborated as a film critic and journalist with several publications, including Cinéma, Les Nouvelles littéraires and L'Express. In 1976 he was na...
Known For
Filmography
Thanks for Coming
2026
as Self
Citizen B
2025
as Self
Kiarostami at Work
2023
as Self
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Deauville et le rêve américain
2020
as Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
as Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
as Self
Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture
2016
as Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014
as Self
Mr. X
2014
as Self
100 Films and a Funeral
2007
as Self
Femme Fatale
2002
as Cannes Film Festival Participant
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Self
Dead Tired
1994
as Gilles Jacob
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self