Jean Achache

Jean Achache (born 1952) is a French director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer.

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.

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 Cinema 1994: Les deux Amants (short film) 1994: (short film) 2004: Marcel ! 2006: La guerre du Nil aura-t-elle lieu ? (documentary) 2009: Diabolo'S Workshop (documentary) 2009: Un soir au club

Clips 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