Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean -Pierre Jeunet ( born September 3, 1953 in Roanne, France ) is a French film director. His artistic handwriting include quirky characters and an exceptionally strong directorial creative power.
Life
His feature film debut in 1991 with the film Jeunet Delicatessen, in which he directed in collaboration with Marc Caro. Already in the 1980s, Jeunet and Caro had a number of sometimes highly acclaimed short films, music videos and commercials filmed, including The Escape and The Merry- Go-Round, for which she received a César in 1981. After the two darkly whimsical tale Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children ( 1995), Jeunet was won for the sequel to Alien. In the relatively narrow confines of the project, however, he could hardly bring his talents to bear, Alien - Resurrection ( 1997) is considered his weakest film. Four years later, Jeunet was back to his style: The fabulous world of Amélie was his biggest success, followed in 2004, Mathilde - A great love.
Jeunet was offered the Director to lead in the blockbuster production Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which he refused. His latest work, the comedy Micmacs, was launched in French cinemas in October 2009. Jeunet also directed the film should take Life of Pi. After he had " wasted two years of his life with this project," but that director Ang Lee was passed. Fox Studios was estimated by Jeunet budget (85 million dollars ) to high. Ang Lee's version but ultimately cost $ 120 million.
Jeunet is considered a rather slow -working director who spends a lot of time on details and the original design. The production of his films, therefore, usually requires several years. A number of actors to work always happy with him, including Jean -Claude Dreyfus, Dominique Pinon and last Audrey Tautou.
In 2009, he was shooting for the perfume Chanel N ° 5 is a commercial in which also starred Audrey Tautou. Also, this " short film" corresponds entirely to his style.
His latest feature film, The map of my dreams, is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Reif Larsen. It had its premiere in October 2013 and is intended to be released in Germany on 17 July 2014.