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Alain Jessua

Alain Jessua

Director

Alain Jessua began his career as assistant to directors like Max Ophüls, Marcel Carne, Yves Allégret and Jacques Becker, before making his unique short film, Léon la lune, which earned him the prestigious Prix Jean-Vigo award in 1957. A few years later, in 1963, his first feature film (which became "cult" among moviegoers) won two prizes in Cannes and also Venice: La Vie à l'envers, with Charles Denner and Jean Yanne in his first movie role. He then went on to direct a series of successful and critically acclaimed feature films, which he produced himself (a rare risk in the French cinema landscape). Alain Jessua is regularly honored in France and abroad. His short film Léon la lune was screened at the MOMA - Museum of Modern Art in New York a few years ago and Martin Scorsese cited La Vie à l'envers as one of the films that really made an impact on him. Jean Tulard , in his "Dictionary of Cinema", writes: "He proposes a cinema where he tackles the problems of our time and makes cries of alarm. " Alain Jessua is also the author of six novels.

Born: January 16, 1932 in Paris, France

Died: November 30, 2017 (Age 85)

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Alain Jessua  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.8
ActorSelf2006
Movie
Actorlui-même2021
Movie
6
DirectingDirector, Writer1977
Movie
6
DirectingDirector, Producer, Writer1988
Movie
4.3
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Producer1984
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector, Writer1964
Movie
7.1
DirectingAssistant Director Trainee1955
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector, Producer, Writer1982
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector, Author, Music1973
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector, Writer1979
Movie
8
DirectingAssistant Director1953
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector, Writer1967
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector, Writer1997
Movie
DirectingAssistant Director1960
Short Film
6.5
DirectingDirector1956
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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