Jan Kounen
Known for DirectingBorn 1964-05-02Utrecht, Netherlands
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Jan Kounen (born 2 May 1964, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born French film director and producer. In France, he is mostly known for his films Dobermann (1997), Blueberry, l'experience secrete (2004) and 99 francs (2007).
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Outside of France, he is rather known for his interest in Shipibo-Conibo culture and shamanism, with which he became familiar during his trips to Mexico and Peru, and for some music videos. Most noticeable 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)
Always (1994)
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Known for
Dobermann
1997 · as Man at bank
Renegade
2004 · as Billy
9 Month Stretch
2013 · as Le co-détenu chauve 2
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022 · as Self
99 Francs
2007 · as Pydjhaman
Other Worlds
2004 · as Self
Uchronia
2016 · as L'ouvreuse du cinéma
Gisèle Kérozène
1990 · as Le Paralytique
I Am Your Punishment
1996 · as The Ax Murderer
Vape Wave
2016 · as Self / The taster / Marisol Tout-Reine
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018 · as Self
Quand les bourgeois font leur cinéma
2022 · as Self - Director