Alain Jessua

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Produttore, Compositore

16 gennaio 1932 — 30 novembre 2017 (85 anni)
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.

Famoso per

  • I gioielli di Madame de...
    I gioielli di Madame de...1953
  • Lola Montès
    Lola Montès1955
  • L'uomo che uccideva a sangue freddo
    L'uomo che uccideva a sangue freddo1973
  • Quel giorno il mondo tremerà
    Quel giorno il mondo tremerà1977
  • Una vita alla rovescia
    Una vita alla rovescia1964
  • Dogs Man - L'uomo dei cani
    Dogs Man - L'uomo dei cani1979
  • Paradis pour tous
    Paradis pour tous1982
  • Gioco di massacro
    Gioco di massacro1967
  • Frankenstein 90
    Frankenstein 901984
  • En toute innocence
    En toute innocence1988
  • I colori del diavolo
    I colori del diavolo1997
  • The Eighth Day
    The Eighth Day1960

Filmografia

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