
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Directing
Born: 1953-09-03 · Roanne, Loire, France
Biography
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a French film director and screenwriter known for the films Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Alien: Resurrection and Amélie. Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and co-director. They met at an animation festival in Annecy in 1974. Together, J
🎬 Movies (30)
Violette
2026
Director

Alien: Terror in Space
2025
Self - Filmmaker

The Original+
2025
Self - Guest

Amélie: The Real Story
2023
Director

Bigbug
2022
Director

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
2021
Self (archive footage)

Looop
2019
Producer

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel
2017
Self

Two Snails Set Off
2017
Director

Casanova
2015
Director

Riding a Train of Thoughts
2014
Self

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
2013
Director

The Extraordinary Voyage
2011
Self - Filmmaker

Micmacs
2009
Director

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
2005
Self

A Very Long Engagement
2004
Director

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
2003
Self

The Alien Saga
2002
Self (archive footage)

A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Self

Amélie
2001
Director

Inside the Making of - Amélie
2001
Director

Alien Resurrection
1997
Director

The City of Lost Children
1995
Director

The King of Ads, Part 2
1993
Director

Delicatessen
1991
Director

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like
1990
Director

No Rest for Billy Brakko
1983
Director

The Bunker of the Last Gunshots
1982
Director

The Carousel
1981
Director

L'évasion
1978
Director



