Jean Achache (born 1952) is a French director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer.
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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. 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, documentaries like Diabolo's Workshop with Terry Gilliam and films like the adaptation of the novel Un soir au Club by Christian Gailly in 2009.
In 2006, he published his first novel, Juste une nuit at Éditions du Masque. 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.
In 2023, Achache portrayed himself in a biographical docudrama about Carole Achache, Little Girl Blue, which was directed by their daughter, Mona Achache.
Filmography
Assistant director
1974: The Secret
1975: Le Vieux Fusil
Director
1994: Les deux Amants (short film)
1994: 3000 scénarios contre un virus (short film)
2004: Marcel !
2006: La guerre du Nil aura-t-elle lieu ? (documentary)
2009: Diabolo'S Workshop (documentary)
2009: Un soir au club
1989: Le petit Train, Les Rita Mitsouko
1990: Regarde les riches, Patricia Kaas
1990: Au Tourniquet des grands cafés, Jean Guidoni
1990: Des fleurs pour Salinger, Indochine
1991: Punishment Park, Indochine
1997: Love in Motion, Peter Kingsbery
Producer
1987: Waiting for the moon
Screenwriter
2009: Un soir au club