Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1 October 1943) is a French movie director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1991), and Seven Years in Tibet (1997).
Annaud has received many awards for his work, including four César Awards, one David di Donatello Award, and one National Academy of Cinema Award.[1] Annaud's first movie, Black and White in Color (1976), received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2]