Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne. He was educated at the technical school in Vaugirard and in 1964 graduated from the prestigious film school Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. 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.
Pictures of Europe
⭐ 0Fantasmes ! Sexe, fiction et tentations
⭐ 7.5Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
⭐ 0The Making of The Lover
⭐ 0A Look Through His Lens
⭐ 0The Reality Trip
⭐ 0Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
⭐ 9Der Bernd
⭐ 10La Traversée du désir
⭐ 5.7Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
⭐ 6.3The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
⭐ 8Le nom de la rose : Le documentaire
⭐ 10La rosa dei nomi
⭐ 7.5Photo Video Journey with Jean-Jacques Annaud
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