Jacques Doillon
Birthday: 1944-03-15
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Biography: Jacques Doillon (born 15 March 1944 in Paris, France) is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Judith Godrèche, Marianne Denicourt and Charlotte Gainsbourg and Juliette Binoche. His 1990 film La vengeance d'une femme was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, his film Le Petit Criminel won an Honourable Mention at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. In 1993, his film Le Jeune Werther won the Blue Angel Award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacques Doillon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
The Crying Woman
Jacques returns after a long absence to his wife Dominique and their daughter Lola in their isolated...
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A Perfect Couple
A French couple has been living in Lisbon for years, and they return to Paris for a friend's wedding...
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The 15 Year Old Girl
Willy, a middle-aged divorcee, decides to take his 15 year-old son, Thomas, on holiday to Ibiza, sta...
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La tête la première
Zoé decides to hit the road to approach a writer she admires (played by the French director Jacques ...
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She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps
A young film director is making a movie with his friend Christa. In the film-within-the-film there a...
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The Ministries of Art
Philippe Garrel’s documentary on France’s second wave of masterful filmmakers. Featuring Jean Eustac...
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