Jean-Pierre Zhenet: French director, director of full-length animated films

French scriptwriter and film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Department of Loire, September 3, 1953. At the age of seventeen I got a job at the post office to help my parents financially. For twenty years I became interested in the art of drawing cartoons, left the post office and began to help artists in a small animation studio. For the first time he did not pay for work, he had to work on enthusiasm. However, this young man was not embarrassed, he found an occupation to his liking.

Carier start

Soon Jean-Pierre Zhenez met with the artist-animator Mark Karo. Together they shot the film "The Bunker of the Last Line", which was shown at the box office for several years. Then Jean-Pierre together with Caro create a feature film called "Delicacies", which strengthened their image as creators of commercially successful films. However, the directors did not think much about the financial side of their work, they were primarily spoken by artists.

Nevertheless, soon it's time to think about money and new methods in the work, because the next project, "City of Lost Children", against expectations, was almost a failure and forced the authors to review the technologies used in the installation, and to introduce more A smooth change of episodes. Nevertheless, thanks to this film, Jean-Pierre Jeunet was seen in Hollywood.

Foreign friends and colleagues

Americans were impressed by the fact that the director for the shooting of the film "The City of Lost Children" created an international creative group of specialists gathered from all over the world. The film starred American film actor Ron Perlman, as well as Chilean Daniel Emilfork. Darius Hongji from Iran acted as an operator, the music was written by the American composer Badalamenti Angelo.

Hollywood

Soon Jean-Pierre was invited to Los Angeles to work on the fourth part of the fantastic horror film "Alien." After the termination of work the director has returned to France with dream to remove author's film about the unusual girl from Montmartre and its fantastic destiny. Jean-Pierre Zhene was invited to the main role by Audri Tatu, who was little known at that time. So there was a film called "Amelie", which was destined to become the most successful film project in the history of French cinema.

The picture, chambered in its style, unexpectedly found admirers all over the world, provided record box office fees and received a number of prestigious awards.

In the end, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who has already started working alone, has found his own style, his works have gained fame and have grown fond of millions of spectators. The director has learned to artfully mix reality with fantasy and create from the most simple, ordinary things entertaining images. The main difference between Jean-Pierre's films was light and light humor, which permeated every episode. Exciting subjects, exciting scenarios - this is what the director's work was different from.

In 2004, Jean-Pierre Zhene filmed the novel Sebastian Japrizo's "Long Engagement." The main roles in the film were played by Dominic Pignon and Audrey Tatu. In addition to them in the film starred megastar Hollywood incomparable Jodie Foster. The cast has become a guarantee of the success of the film.

Like-minded people

Jean-Pierre Jeunet, whose films were watched with interest by moviegoers all over the world, his success was also due to the costume designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, a specialist in creating exclusive clothing. The creative tandem of the director and couturier became a source of fresh ideas, most of which were later realized on the big screen.

Another faithful companion of the master was the master of special effects Frenchman Pitof. Thanks to him, the film "The Incredible Journey of Mr. Spivet" was created about a ten-year-old inventor, whose works became interested in one of the Washington institutes. The boy receives a notice that he is awarded a reward, and he is invited to receive it. In addition, the young prodigy will have to give lectures in front of the student audience.

Filmography

During his career, the director made seven motion pictures and five short films. Below is a complete list of his works.

• "Delicacies" (1991).
• The Stranger (1997).
• "City of Lost Children" (1995).
• "Long engagement" (2004).
• "Amelie" (2001).
• "Incredible Journey of Mr. Spivet" (2013).
• "Losers" (2009).
• "Escape" (1978), an animated film, a demonstration time of 8 minutes.
• "Manezh" (1979), animated film, the duration of 10 minutes.
• "Bunker of the last shot" (1981), 26-minute action movie.
• "There is no rest for Billy Bracco" (1984), a five-minute film.
• "Trivia" (1989), a film, the duration of 8 minutes.

Currently, the director is preparing for the shooting according to several of his scripts. There is a selection of actors, the budget of film projects is calculated. Audience audience is waiting for the next work of the venerable director.