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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 named deputy delegate general of the Cannes Film Festival, before becoming delegate general in 1978, a…
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- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
- Femme Fatale (2002) as Cannes Film Festival Participant
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) Producer
- Dead Tired (1994) as Gilles Jacob
- A Special Day (2012) Director
- Heart of the Festival (2002) Director
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002) as Self
- Mr. X (2014) as Self
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017) as Self
- Words in Progress (2004) Director
- Deauville et le rêve américain (2020) as Self
- Ça n'arrive qu'à moi (1985) Scenario Writer
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021) Cast
- Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture (2016) as Self
- 100 Films and a Funeral (2007) as Self
- The Legend of the Ugly King (2017) as Self
- Kiarostami at Work (2023) as Self
- Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014) as Self
- Citizen B (2025) as Self
- Liberté (1989) Director
- Le cinéma dans les yeux (1987) Director
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Most-watched Gilles Jacob films currently: Femme Fatale (2002), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), Dead Tired (1994), A Special Day (2012), Heart of the Festival (2002).
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Selected TV credits: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975), Le Grand Échiquier (1972).
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