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Jean-Pierre Jeunet Biography

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor, Cinematographer, Set decorator, Costume designer, Casting department

Awards

  • 1990Press Award-National Competition: winner
  • 1990Jacques Tati Award-: winner
  • 1990Audience Award-National Competition: winner
  • 1991Gold Hugo-Best Feature: winner
  • 1991César-Best Short Film - Fiction (Meilleur court-métrage de fiction): winner
  • 1991European Film Award-Young European Film of the Year: nominated
  • 1991Prize of the Catalan Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Association-: winner
  • 1991Best Director-: winner
  • 1991Best Film-: nominated
  • 1991Bronze Horse-: nominated
  • 1991Gold Award-: winner
  • 1992César-Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation): winner
  • 1992César-Best First Work (Meilleure première oeuvre): winner
  • 1992International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1992Audience Jury Award-: winner
  • 1993BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
  • 1993Guild Film Award - Silver-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
  • 1995Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 1996Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 1998Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2001Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2001ACCA-Best Director: nominated
  • 2001ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2001Audience Award-: winner
  • 2001Audience Choice Award-: winner
  • 2001Audience Award-: winner
  • 2001People's Choice Award-Best New Feature-Length Fiction Film: winner
  • 2001Audience Award-: winner
  • 2001EFA People's Choice Award-Best European Director: winner
  • 2001European Film Award-European Director: winner
  • 2001Crystal Globe-: winner
  • 2001Golden Aries-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2001Audience Award-: winner
  • 2001TFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2001People's Choice Award-: winner
  • 2002Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
  • 2002Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm): winner
  • 2002Discover Screenwriting Award-: nominated
  • 2002David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
  • 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Original: winner
  • 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
  • 2002Czech Lion-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): winner
  • 2002César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): winner
  • 2002César-Best Film (Meilleur film): winner
  • 2002César-Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation): nominated
  • 2002David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
  • 2002Independent Spirit Award-: nominated
  • 2002Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2002Critics Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2002Goya-Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea): winner
  • 2002Guild Film Award - Gold-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
  • 2002Lumiere Award-Best Screenplay (Meilleur scénario): winner
  • 2002Lumiere Award-Best Film (Meilleur film): winner
  • 2002Silver Clod-Best Foreign Film of the Year (Beste Utenlandske Spillefilm): winner
  • 2003Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2003DVD Premiere Award-Original Retrospective Documentary, New Release: nominated
  • 2003Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): winner
  • 2003Golden Eagle-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2003Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2005BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
  • 2005César-Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario, original ou adaptation): nominated
  • 2005César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
  • 2005César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
  • 2005Edgar-Best Motion Picture Screenplay: winner
  • 2005EFA People's Choice Award-Best European Director: nominated
  • 2005INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
  • 2005Lumiere Award-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): winner
  • 2009People's Choice Award-: nominated
  • 2010Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay of the Decade: nominated
  • 2015Harold Lloyd Award-: winner
  • 2016Felix-Best Director: nominated