Director

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

September 3, 1953 · Roanne, Loire, France

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.

Notable work

7.9
Amélie (2001)
Director
6.2
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Director
7.3
Delicatessen (1991)
Director
7.3
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Director
7.2
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Director
6.9
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
Writer and Director
6.6
Micmacs (2009)
Director and Writer
5.3
Bigbug (2022)
Director

Often works with

Dominique Pinon
9 titles together
Amélie, Alien Resurrection, Delicatessen
Rufus
4 titles together
Amélie, Delicatessen, A Very Long Engagement
Ticky Holgado
4 titles together
Amélie, Delicatessen, A Very Long Engagement
André Dussollier
4 titles together
Amélie, A Very Long Engagement, Micmacs
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
4 titles together
Delicatessen, A Very Long Engagement, The City of Lost Children
Marc Caro
4 titles together
Delicatessen, The Bunker of the Last Gunshots, No Rest for Billy Brakko

Full filmography · 21

Temps mort autour de Caro & Jeunet
as Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Upcoming
Bigbug
Director
20225.3
Two Snails Set Off
Director and Writer
2017
Casanova
Director
2015
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Writer and Director
20136.9
Micmacs
Director and Writer
20096.6
A Very Long Engagement
Director
20047.3
Amélie
Director
20017.9
Inside the Making of - Amélie
Director
2001
Alien Resurrection
Director
19976.2
The City of Lost Children
Director
19957.2
The King of Ads, Part 2
Director
1993