Jean-Pierre Denis (born 29 March 1946) is a French

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He has directed seven films since 1980. His directorial debut ''

Adrien's Story ''Adrien's Story'' (french: Histoire d'Adrien) is a 1980 Occitan language French drama film written, directed and produced by Jean-Pierre Denis. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival where it w ...

'' won the

Caméra d'Or The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or International Critics' Week The International ...

at the

1980 Cannes Film Festival The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The Palme d'Or went to the '' All That Jazz'' by Bob Fosse and ''Kagemusha'' by Akira Kurosawa. The festival opened with '' Fantastica'', directed by Gilles Carle and closed with ' ...

. His film '' Field of Honor'' was entered into the

1987 Cannes Film Festival The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987 in film, 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Under the Sun of Satan (film), Sous le soleil de Satan'' by Maurice Pialat, a choice which was considered "highly controversial" and the prize ...

Filmography

* ''

'' (1980) * '' La palombière'' (1983) * '' Champ d'honneur'' (1987) * '' Les yeux de Cécile'' (1993) * ''

Les blessures assassines ''Murderous Maids'' (french: Les blessures assassines) is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Denis, released in 2000, which tells the true story of two French maids, Christine and Lea Papin. The screenplay by Jean-Pierre Denis with Michèle P� ...

'' (2000) * '' La petite Chartreuse'' (2005) * '' Ici-bas'' (2011)

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* 1946 births Living people French film directors French film producers French male screenwriters French screenwriters People from Dordogne 20th-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers Directors of Caméra d'Or winners {{France-film-director-stub