Alain Jessua

Director, Escritor, Productor, Compositor

16 de enero de 1932 — 30 de noviembre de 2017 (85 años)
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.

Conocido por

  • Madame de…
    Madame de…1953
  • Lola Montes
    Lola Montes1955
  • Tratamiento de shock
    Tratamiento de shock1973
  • Armaguedon, la voz del fin del mundo
    Armaguedon, la voz del fin del mundo1977
  • Life Upside Down
    Life Upside Down1964
  • Los perros
    Los perros1979
  • Objetivo felicidad
    Objetivo felicidad1982
  • The Killing Game
    The Killing Game1967
  • Frankenstein, mi amor
    Frankenstein, mi amor1984
  • En toute innocence
    En toute innocence1988
  • The Colors of the Devil
    The Colors of the Devil1997
  • The Eighth Day
    The Eighth Day1960

Filmography

1973
Shock Treatment · as Production Assistant
1960
The Eighth Day · as Assistant Director
1955
Lola Montès · as Assistant Director Trainee
1953
The Earrings of Madame De... · as Assistant Director