Bio: Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Wolf Totem (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four C��sar Awards, one David di Donatello Award, and one National Academy of Cinema Award. Annaud's first film, Black and White in Color (1976), received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Tivia: Used to be banned from entering China because of his film Seven Years in Tibet (1997). But years later, he was hired to direct the Chinese-French co-production Wolf Totem (2015) and had his ban lifted.Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 35th Cannes International Film Festival in 1982.Annaud uses a three-camera set-up since shooting Quest for Fire (1981). He employed the same shooting style on his TV miniseries The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018).He was sent to the French Cameroons as an Army Film Director by the National Service. During this period he trained locals to make their own movies while working on a series of educational films for the natives.Education: Vaugirard School; IDHEC, Paris; Sorbonne, Paris (literature).