Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday3 September 1953 (73 years old)
Place of birthRoanne, Loire, France
Known credits37
Biography
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director and screenwriter known for the films Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection and Amélie. Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and co-director. They met at an animation festival in Annecy in 1974. Together, Jeunet and Caro directed award-winning animations. Their first live action film was The Bunker of the…
Violette
2026 · Director
Violette
2026 · Screenplay
Violette
2026 · Producer
The Original+
2025 · Self - Guest
Alien: Terror in Space
2025 · Self - Filmmaker
Amélie: The Real Story
2023 · Self
Amélie: The Real Story
2023 · Writer
Amélie: The Real Story
2023 · Director
Bigbug
2022 · Producer
Bigbug
2022 · Screenplay
Bigbug
2022 · Director
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Looop
2019 · Producer
Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel
2017 · Self
Two Snails Set Off
2017 · Director
Two Snails Set Off
2017 · Writer
Casanova
2015 · Director
Casanova
2015 · Director
Aujourd'hui je mange avec...
2015 · Self - Guest
Riding a Train of Thoughts
2014 · Self
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · Director
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · Writer
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013 · Producer
The Extraordinary Voyage
2011 · Self - Filmmaker
Micmacs
2009 · Director
Micmacs
2009 · Writer
Micmacs
2009 · Producer
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005 · Self
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Director
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Screenplay
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Producer
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
2003 · Self
The Alien Saga
2002 · Self (archive footage)
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002 · Self
Amélie
2001 · Director
Inside the Making of - Amélie
2001 · Director
Amélie
2001 · Screenplay
Alien Resurrection
1997 · Director
The City of Lost Children
1995 · Director
The City of Lost Children
1995 · Screenplay
The City of Lost Children
1995 · Additional Dialogue
Eurotrash
1993
The King of Ads, Part 2
1993 · Director
Delicatessen
1991 · Director
Delicatessen
1991 · Screenplay
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990 · Director
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990 · Writer
Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990 · Editor
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