Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- January 5, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Biography
| Name | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Birthday | Sep 3 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | France |
| Birth Country | France |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
| Spouse | Liza Sullivan |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on September 3, 1953 in France, France. French director of the films Amelie and A Very Long Engagement, both starring Audrey Tautou, as well as The City of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection and Micmacs.
He directed Winona Ryder in Alien: Resurrection, the fourth installment in the Alien series.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and co-director. They met at an animation festival in Annecy in the 1970s.
Together, Jeunet and Caro directed award-winning animations. Their first live action film was The Bunker of the Last Gunshots (1981), a short film about soldiers in a bleak futuristic world. Jeunet also directed numerous advertisements and music videos, such as Jean Michel Jarre’s Zoolook (together with Caro).
He married Liza Sullivan.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the richest Director from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jean-Pierre Jeunet 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He started making short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios.
His critically acclaimed film Amelie earned him a European Film Award for Best Director.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (French: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ ʒœnɛ] ; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films mix elements of fantasy, realism and science fiction either to create idealized realities or to give relevance to mundane situations. A former animator, his movies are marked by quirky, slapstick humor, alongside surrealist visuals.
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Who is Jean-Pierre Jeunet Dating?
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In 2004, Jeunet released A Very Long Engagement, an adaptation of the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. The film, starring Audrey Tautou and Jodie Foster, chronicled a woman’s search for her missing lover after World War I.
Facts & Trivia
Jean-Pierre Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Jean-Pierre Jeunet celebrates birthday on September 3 of every year.
In 2013, Jeunet released The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet an adaptation of Reif Larsen’s book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet that starred Kyle Catlett.
Who wrote Amelie?
Screenplay
Who is the director of Amelie?
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Did Amelie win an Oscar?
Awards