Agnès Jaoui
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Agnes Jaoui
- Genres: Latin
Biography
Sometimes called "the Woody Allen" of France, Agnes Jaoui is best known for her acting (in Un Air de Famille, Le Rôle de Sa Vie) as well as for her writing and directing (her debut as a director, The Taste of Others, or Le Goût des Autres, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2000). She grew up in Paris wanting to be an actress, attending a prestigious theater school, where she met Jean-Pierre Bacri, with whom she would go on to work with extensively, in 1987. However, Jaoui, the daughter of Jewish Tunisian emigrants, had also always been interested in music, studying voice as a teenager, and even singing in some of her films. Besides her love of baroque song, she was also interested in Latin music, and in 2005 she performed in a few venues around France with friends of hers from Cuba, Bolivia, and Argentina. This led to the development of a full-length album, Canta, a collection of songs sung in Spanish and Portuguese, which came out in 2006. ~ Marisa Brown, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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Agnès Jaoui
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| Born | October 19, 1964 |
| Origin | Antony, France |
| Genres | World Music |
| Occupations | screenwriter, film director, actress and singer |
Agnès Jaoui (born October 19, 1964 in Antony, France) is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.
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Filmography
Actress
- Le Faucon (1983)
- Hôtel de France (1987)
- L'amoureuse (1987)
- Ivanov (1990)
- Cuisine et dépendances (1993)
- Un air de famille (1996)
- Le Déménagement (1997)
- La Méthode (1997)
- On connaît la chanson (1997)
- Le Cousin (1998)
- On the run (1999)
- Une femme d'extérieur (2000)
- The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) (2000)
- 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (24 Heures de la vie d'une femme) (2002)
- The Role of Her Life (Le role de sa vie) (2004)
- La Maison de Nina (2004)
- Look at Me (Comme une image) (2004)
- Parlez-moi de la pluie (2008)
Director
- The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) (2000)
- Look at Me (2004)
- Parlez-moi de la pluie (2008)
Screenplay
- Smoking/No Smoking (1993)
- Cuisine et dépendances (1993)
- Un air de famille (1996)
- On connaît la chanson (1997)
- The Taste of Others (Le Goût des autres) (2000)
- Look at Me (2004)
- Parlez-moi de la pluie (2008)
Discography
- Canta (2006)
Awards
- César Award for Best Writing, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001 (all shared with Bacri)
- César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 1998
- César Award for Best Film, 2001
- René Clair Award, 2001 (shared with Bacri)
- Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival, 2004 (shared with Bacri)[1]
- Victoires de la Musique: Canta - World music album of the year, 2007
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Look at Me". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4201580/year/2004.html. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Agnès Jaoui |
- Agnès Jaoui at the Internet Movie Database
- (French) Agnès Jaoui Biography
- Film Comment interviews Agnes Jaoui (Podcast)
| Preceded by Mesk Elil by Souad Massi 2006 |
Victoires de la Musique World music album of the year Canta by Agnès Jaoui 2007 |
Succeeded by Yael Naim by Yael Naïm 2008 |
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Mentioned in
Let it Rain
(2008 Comedy Film)
Un Air de Famille
(1996 Comedy Drama Film)
Look at Me
(2004 Comedy Drama Film)
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