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Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953, Loire - France) is a French film director. Many of Jeunet's earlier films, collaborations with designer and co-director Marc Caro, are set in a dystopic retro-future, culminating in the gritty but charming The City of Lost Children in 1995.

The success of City led to an invitation to direct the fourth movie in the Alien series - . Though not well received by critics, Alien: Resurrection brought in money at the box office, and the clout of having a Hollywood film under his belt gave Jeunet free rein on his next project, Amélie.

Amélie, a more upbeat story set in Montmartre, was nominated for several Academy Awards.

Jeunet deliberately seeks out actors with unusual faces for his films, and frequently uses wide-angle lenses to distort human features and sets. Actor Dominique Pinon has appeared in all four of Jeunet's full-length films, and Ron Perlman appears in both City and Resurrection.

Filmography

• L' Évasion (1978; short; animated; with Marc Caro)
• Le Manege (1980;short; with Marc Caro)
• Le Bunker de la derniere rafale (1981; short; with Marc Caro)
• Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko (1981; short; animated)
• Foutaises (1989; short; animated)
• Delicatessen (1993; with Marc Caro)
• La Cité des enfants perdus aka The City of Lost Children (1995; with Marc Caro)
• (1997)
• Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain aka Amélie (2001)
• Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)

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