Jean Achache | |
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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) France |
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Years active | 1974–present |
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Children | Mona Achache |
Jean Achache (born 1952) is a French director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer. [1]
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
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]