About
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.
Filmography
A Special Day2012 · Director
To Each His Own Cinema2007 · Producer
At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World2007 · Producer
Words in Progress2004 · Director
Heart of the Festival2002 · Director, Producer
Liberté1989 · Director
Le cinéma dans les yeux1987 · Director
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi1985 · Scenario Writer