Jean Achache
French film director
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Jean Achache (born 1952) is a French director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer.[1]
- Film director
- screenwriter
- film producer
- writer
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| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) France |
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| Years active | 1974–present |
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| Children | Mona Achache |
Biography
Jean Achache began his career as a filmmaker in the mid-1970s alongside Robert Enrico as an assistant director for Le Vieux Fusil and The Secret.[2] In the eighties, he collaborated with Bertrand Tavernier on films like Death Watch or A Sunday in the Country. Jean Achache then turned to the realization of his own works through clips,[3] documentaries like Diabolo's Workshop with Terry Gilliam[4] and films like the adaptation of the novel Un soir au Club by Christian Gailly in 2009.[5]
In 2006, he published his first novel, Juste une nuit at Éditions du Masque.[6] ISBN 2-7024-3296-4
Personal life
Achache was married to French writer and photographer Carole Achache, with whom he had a daughter, Mona Achache, born on 18 March 1981.[7][8]
In 2023, Achache portrayed himself in a biographical docudrama about Carole Achache, Little Girl Blue, which was directed by their daughter, Mona Achache.[7][9]
Filmography
Assistant director
- 1974: The Secret
- 1975: Le Vieux Fusil
Director
Cinema
- 1994: Les deux Amants (short film)
- 1994: 3000 scénarios contre un virus (short film)
- 2004: Marcel !
- 2006: La guerre du Nil aura-t-elle lieu ? (documentary)
- 2009: Diabolo'S Workshop (documentary)
- 2009: Un soir au club
Clips
- 1989: Le petit Train, Les Rita Mitsouko
- 1990: Regarde les riches, Patricia Kaas
- 1990: Au Tourniquet des grands cafés, Jean Guidoni
- 1990: Des fleurs pour Salinger, Indochine
- 1991: Punishment Park, Indochine
- 1997: Love in Motion, Peter Kingsbery
Producer
- 1987: Waiting for the moon
Screenwriter
- 2009: Un soir au club
