Jan Kounen

Jan Kounen (born Jan Coenen on 2 May 1964, Utrecht) is a Netherlands-born French film director and producer.[1][2][3]

Jan Kounen
Kounen in 2013
Born (1964-05-02) 2 May 1964
Utrecht, Netherlands
OccupationFilm director, film producer

In France, he is mostly known for his films Dobermann (1997), Blueberry, l'experience secrete (2004) and 99 francs (2007).[1][3] Outside France he is better known for his interest in Shipibo-Conibo culture and shamanism, with which he became familiar during his trips to Mexico and Peru,[2][4] and for directing some music videos of which, the most notable are the four videos he did for the English pop group Erasure in the 1990s (including three for the project Abba-esque) : Lay all your love on me (1992), Voulez-vous (1992), S.O.S. (1992) and Always (1994).[1][4]

Biography

After studying at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, where he directed his first short films, Jan Kounen began work as assistant operator and director of music videos and documentaries.[5] In 1989, he made the short film Gisele Kerosene, crowned Grand Prix in the category of Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.[5][6]

In the early 90s, Kounen worked in advertising and made two highly acclaimed short films, Vibroboy and Little Red Riding Hood, the latter seeing him work with Emmanuelle Béart. In 1996, he made his first feature film, Dobermann,[7] starring French actor Vincent Cassel.[5][8]

In the 2000s, Jan Kounen traveled across Mexico and Peru, where he immersed in shaman culture. His next film was Blueberry (2004), an adaptation of the famous comic strip by Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Giraud, better known as Moebius, with Vincent Cassel in the title role.[9] The same year, he released Other Worlds (2005), a documentary about shamanism.[8][9] After making his film Darshan - The Embrace (2005),[8][10] Kounen staged the Comedy 99 F in 2007, a satire of the world of advertising adapted from the bestseller by Frédéric Beigbeder and produced by Jean Dujardin.[5][6]

After participating in the Project 8 where he campaigned to improve maternal health in the world, he made Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), a biographical film about the relationship between Chanel, the French fashion designer, and Stravinsky, the Russian composer[8], starring Anna Mouglalis and Mads Mikkelsen. The film closed the 2009 Cannes Festival.[5][6]

Filmography
  • Les aventures de Jeff Blizzard (1986)
  • The Broadsword (1986)
  • Soft (1986)
  • Het journaal (1987)
  • Het virus (1987)
  • Gisele Kerozene (1989)
  • L'âge de plastic (1991)
  • Capitaine X (a.k.a. Né pour mourir, 1994)
  • Vibroboy (1993) with Michel Vuillermoz[11]
  • Dobermann (1997)[2]
  • D'autres mondes (a.k.a. Other Worlds, 2004)
  • Another Reality (TV documentary series, 2003)
  • Blueberry, l'expérience secrète (a.k.a. Blueberry, 2004)[2]
  • Darshan - L'étreinte (a.k.a. Darshan: The Embrace, 2005)[10]
  • 99 Francs (2007)[12]
  • The Story of Panshin Beka, short, segment of the movie 8 (2008)[4][8]
  • Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)[2]
  • Flight of the Storks (2012) Television film
  • Vape Wave (2015)[13]
  • Mère Océan (2016)

Sources:[1][8][14]

Bibliography

As author:[2][15]

  • Kounen, Jan (2015). Visionary Ayahuasca: A Manual for Therapeutic and Spiritual Journeys (1st ed.). Park Street Press (published 29 January 2015). ISBN 978-1620553459.

As co-author:[2][15]

gollark: Inspired by CRUX, another minimalist distribution, Judd Vinet started the Arch Linux project in March 2002. The name was chosen because Vinet liked the word's meaning of "the principal," as in "arch-enemy".
gollark: Arch Linux has comprehensive documentation, which consists of a community wiki known as the ArchWiki.
gollark: Pacman, a package manager written specifically for Arch Linux, is used to install, remove and update software packages. Arch Linux uses a rolling release model, meaning there are no "major releases" of completely new versions of the system; a regular system update is all that is needed to obtain the latest Arch software; the installation images released every month by the Arch team are simply up-to-date snapshots of the main system components.
gollark: Arch Linux is a Linux distribution created for computers with x86-64 processors. Arch Linux adheres to the KISS principle ("Keep It Simple, Stupid"). The project attempts to have minimal distribution-specific changes, and therefore minimal breakage with updates, and be pragmatic over ideological design choices and focus on customizability rather than user-friendliness.
gollark: By the way, I use Arch.

References
  1. "Jan Kounen". IMDb. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. "Jan Kounen, Director and Filmmaker". Sumiruna Awakenings. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. "Jan Kounen". uniFrance. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  4. "8 Official website". Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  5. AlloCine. "Jan Kounen". AlloCiné. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. "Retour sur le sketch de Jan Kounen coupé des Infidèles". Premiere.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  7. "Blueberry". Time Out London. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  8. "Jan Kounen". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  9. "OM on the Range: The Alternative Realities of Jan Kounen". DangerousMinds. 10 July 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  10. Kounen, Jan; Benant, Bernard (9 November 2006). Darshan : Voyage dans les bras d'Amma (in French). Paris: Editions SW Télémaque. ISBN 9782753300361.
  11. "Jan Kounen and the Alien". alienexplorations.blogspot.in. Alien Explorations. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  12. Beigbeder, Frédéric; Kounen, Jan; Allix, Simon; Planche, Jean-Luc (24 September 2007). 99 francs, le manuel d'utilisation de la société d'hyperconsommation (in French). Editions SW Télémaque. ISBN 9782753300507.
  13. "Vape Wave | Let's make cigarette history !". www.vapewave.net. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  14. "Jan Kounen". Filmweb. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  15. "Jan Kounen". Inner Traditions. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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