| Jean Achache | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) France |
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| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouse |
Carole Achache (m. 2016, died) |
| Children | Mona Achache |
Jean Achache (born 1952) is a French director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer.
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. 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, documentaries like Diabolo's Workshop with Terry Gilliam and films like the adaptation of the novel Un soir au Club by Christian Gailly in 2009.
In 2006, he published his first novel, Juste une nuit at Éditions du Masque. 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.
In 2023, Achache portrayed himself in a biographical docudrama about Carole Achache, Little Girl Blue, which was directed by their daughter, Mona Achache.
Filmography
Assistant director
- 1974: The Secret
- 1975: Le Vieux Fusil
Director
Cinema
- 1994: Les deux Amants (short film)
- 1994: 3000 scénarios contre un virus [fr] (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
References
- "Allociné". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Sur canal +
- "cinémotions". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- "commeaucinema". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- "site du film". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
- Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine site de l'éditeur
- ^ Lacuve, Jean-Luc (25 November 2023). "Little Girl Blue de Mona Achache". Ciné-club de Caen (in French).
- "Mona Achache". Première (in French). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- Goldszal, Clémentine (11 November 2023). "Avec "Little Girl Blue", la cinéaste Mona Achache affronte les fantômes de son histoire" [With "Little Girl Blue", filmmaker Mona Achache confronts the ghosts of her story]. Le Monde (in French).
External links
- Jean Achache at IMDb
- Jean Acache on L'ARP
