Alain Jessua
Encyclopedia
Alain Jessua is a French film director
and screenwriter
. He directed ten films between 1956
and 1997
. His 1967 film Jeu de massacre was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival
, where it won the award for Best Screenplay
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He directed ten films between 1956
1956 in film
The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...
and 1997
1997 in film
-Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*...
. His 1967 film Jeu de massacre was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival
1967 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Alessandro Blasetti *Georges Lourau *Sergei Bondarchuk *René Bonnell *Jean-Louis Bory *Miklós Jancsó *Claude Lelouch *Shirley MacLaine...
, where it won the award for Best Screenplay
Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Screenplay Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival...
.
Filmography
- Léon la lune (1956)
- La vie à l'envers (1964)
- Jeu de massacre (1967)
- Traitement de choc (1973)
- Armaguedon (1977)
- Les chiensLes ChiensLes Chiens are a Canadian indie rock band from Quebec. The name of the group means The dogs. Les Chiens is also the title of a 1979 film featuring Gérard Depardieu.-Discography:*2000: Nuit Dérobée *2002: Music-Hall 2001...
(1979) - Paradis pour tous (1982)
- Frankenstein 90 (1984)
- En toute innocence (1988)
- Les couleurs du diable (1997)