Jean-Pierre Jeunet

DirectorProducerWriterActorCrew Sep 3 (age 72) Roanne, Loire, France 1968–2026 (58 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Amélie

Director

Film

Delicatessen

Director

Film

Alien Resurrection

Director

Film

A Very Long Engagement

Director

Film

The City of Lost Children

Additional Dialogue

Film

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Director

Film

Micmacs

Director

Film

Bigbug

Director

Filmography

Acting (17)

Movies (14)

The Original+

2025

as Self - Guest

6.0

Alien: Terror in Space

2025

as Self - Filmmaker

6.8

Amélie: The Real Story

2023

as Self

4.3

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

2017

as Self

Riding a Train of Thoughts

2014

as Self

7.0

The Extraordinary Voyage

2011

as Self - Filmmaker

7.7

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

2005

as Self

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection

2003

as Self

6.5

The Alien Saga

2002

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

No Rest for Billy Brakko

1983

6.2

The Bunker of the Last Gunshots

1982

5.8

Temps mort autour de Caro & Jeunet

as Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Television (3)

Aujourd'hui je mange avec...

2015

as Self - Guest

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

Les Shadoks

1968

as Self

7.0

Crew (45)

Movies (43)

Violette

2026 Upcoming

Director

Dec 9

Violette

2026 Upcoming

Producer

Dec 9

Violette

2026 Upcoming

Screenplay

Dec 9

Amélie: The Real Story

Director

Bigbug

Director

Bigbug

Producer

Bigbug

Screenplay

Looop

Producer

Two Snails Set Off

Director

Casanova

Director

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

2013

Director

6.9

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

2013

Producer

6.9

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Writer

Micmacs

Director

Micmacs

Producer

Micmacs

Writer

A Very Long Engagement

2004

Director

7.3

A Very Long Engagement

2004

Producer

7.3

A Very Long Engagement

Screenplay

Amélie

Director

Amélie

Screenplay

Inside the Making of - Amélie

2001

Director

Alien Resurrection

1997

Director

6.2

The City of Lost Children

1995

Additional Dialogue

7.2

The City of Lost Children

1995

Director

7.2

The City of Lost Children

1995

Screenplay

7.2

The King of Ads, Part 2

Director

Delicatessen

Director

Delicatessen

Screenplay

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

1990

Director

7.2

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

1990

Editor

7.2

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like

1990

Writer

7.2

No Rest for Billy Brakko

1983

Director

6.2

The Bunker of the Last Gunshots

1982

Costume Design

5.8

The Bunker of the Last Gunshots

1982

Director

5.8

The Bunker of the Last Gunshots

1982

Director of Photography

5.8

The Bunker of the Last Gunshots

1982

Editor

5.8

The Bunker of the Last Gunshots

Writer

The Carousel

Animation

The Carousel

Director

The Carousel

Writer

L'évasion

Director

Des diables et des saints

Director

Television (2)

Casanova

2015

Director

5.9

De l'autre côté

1989

Director of Photography

7.0