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Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Jean-Jacques Annaud (born October 1, 1943) is a French film director. He was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France.
He began his career by directing television advertisements in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In his first feature film, Black and White in Color from 1976, he used personal experience obtained during his own military service in Cameroon. The film was awarded an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film.
His third film
Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) received two
Césars for the best film and the best director.
For Seven Years in Tibet, a film adaptation of the life of
Heinrich Harrer, he has received a life-long denial of entry to China.
His latest work was filmed in the year 2006, a film known by the name
Her Majesty the Minor, which was filmed in
Benitatxell and
Benigembla, basically in the district of the
Marina Alta, which is located in the
Valencian Country.
Filmography