Gilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist, who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014. Born in Paris, the son of an entrepreneur, Jacob studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, having Claude Chabrol as a schoolmate. At 17 years old he co-founded a short-lived cinema magazine, Raccords. He then collaborated as a film critic and journalist with several publications, including Cinéma, Les Nouvelles littéraires and L'Express. In 1976 he was named deputy delegate general of the Cannes Film Festival, before becoming delegate general in 1978, and finally becoming president of the festival from 2001 to 2014. He stayed in the festival's board of directors until 2018, and since then he served as member of the General Assembly of the festival. Among his initiatives, were the foundation of the Un Certain Regard selection, the Caméra d'Or award, and the Cinéfondation. During his career Jacob received various honours and accolades, notably the Legion of Honour.[4] He served as a juror at the 47th Venice International Film Festival. Source: Article "Gilles Jacob" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

• 2021Morceaux de Cannes
• 2012A Special Day — Director
• 2007At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World — Producer
• 2007To Each His Own Cinema — Producer
• 2004Words in Progress — Director
• 2002Femme Fatale — Cannes Film Festival Participant
• 2002Heart of the Festival — Director, Producer
• 1994Dead Tired — Gilles Jacob
• 1989Liberté — Director
• 1987Le cinéma dans les yeux — Director
• 1985Ça n'arrive qu'à moi — Scenario Writer

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2026Thanks for Coming — Self
• 2025Citizen B — Self
• 2023Kiarostami at Work — Self
• 2020Deauville et le rêve américain — Self
• 2017The Legend of the Ugly King — Self
• 2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life — Self
• 2016Truffaut / Godard, scénario d'une rupture — Self
• 2014Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione — Self
• 2014Mr. X — Self
• 2007100 Films and a Funeral — Self
• 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self