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Used to be banned from entering China because of his film Sette anni in Tibet (1997). But years later, he was hired to direct the Chinese-French co-production L'ultimo lupo (2015) and had his ban lifted.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 35th Cannes International Film Festival in 1982.

Annaud uses a three-camera set-up since shooting La guerra del fuoco (1981). He employed the same shooting style on his TV miniseries La verità sul caso Harry Quebert (2018).

He was sent to the French Cameroons as an Army Film Director by the National Service. During this period he trained locals to make their own movies while working on a series of educational films for the natives.

Education: Vaugirard School; IDHEC, Paris; Sorbonne, Paris (literature).