Jan Kounen

Jan Kounen (born Jan Coenen; 2 May 1964) is a Dutch-born French film director and producer. In France, he is mostly known for his films Dobermann, Blueberry, l'experience secrete (2004) and 99 Francs (2007). In 1989 he made the short film Gisele Kerosene, crowned Grand Prix in the category of Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.

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, starring French actor Vincent Cassel.

In the 2000s Jan Kounen travelled across Mexico and Peru, where he immersed himself in shaman culture and participated in about one hundred ayahuasca ceremonies. 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. The same year, he released Other Worlds (2005), a documentary about shamanism. Kounen staged the Comedy 99 F in 2007, a satire of the world of advertising, adapted from the best-seller by Frédéric Beigbeder and produced by Jean Dujardin.

Filmography Les aventures de Jeff Blizzard (1986)https://auth.wikimedia.org/ 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 Dobermann (1997) The Story of Panshin Beka, short, segment of the movie 8 (2008)