Jean Achache

Jean Achache
Born1952 (age 72–73)
France
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • film producer
  • writer
Years active1974–present
Spouse
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(m. 2016, died)​
ChildrenMona Achache

Jean Achache (born 1952) is a French director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer.[1]

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

Director

Cinema

Clips

Producer

  • 1987: Waiting for the moon

Screenwriter

References

  1. ^ "Allociné". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2016-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Sur canal +
  3. ^ "cinémotions". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  4. ^ "commeaucinema". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  5. ^ "site du film". Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  6. ^ [2] Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine site de l'éditeur
  7. ^ a b Lacuve, Jean-Luc (25 November 2023). "Little Girl Blue de Mona Achache". Ciné-club de Caen (in French).
  8. ^ "Mona Achache". Première (in French). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  9. ^ 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).