Jan Kounen

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

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

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

Sources:[1][8][14]

Bibliography

As author:[2][15]

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

As co-author:[2][15]

  • Narby, Jeremy; Kounen, Jan; Ravalec, Vincent (25 November 2009). The Psychotropic Mind: The World according to Ayahuasca, Iboga, and Shamanism (in English). Park Street Press. ISBN 978-1594773129.
  • Metsa; Kounen, Jan (2014-06-04). De l'ombre à la lumière : Voyages d'un guérisseur chez les chamanes (in French). Paris: mamaéditions.com. ISBN 9782845940284.
  • Kounen, Jan; Jodorowsky, Alexandro (2011-04-02). Carnets de voyages intérieurs : Ayahuasca Medicina, un manuel (in French). Paris: mamaéditions.com. ISBN 9782845940482.
  • Kounen, Jan; Narby, Jeremy; Ravalec, Vincent (2008-02-28). Plantes et chamanisme : Conversations autour de l'ayahuasca et de l'iboga (in French). mamaéditions.com. ISBN 9782845940208.
  • Beigbeder, Frédéric; Kounen, Jan; Allix, Simon; Planche, Jean-Luc (2007-09-24). 99 francs, le manuel d'utilisation de la société d'hyperconsommation (in French). Editions SW Télémaque. ISBN 9782753300507.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jan Kounen". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jan Kounen, Director and Filmmaker". Sumiruna Awakenings. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  3. 1 2 "Jan Kounen". uniFrance. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  4. 1 2 3 "8 Official website". Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 AlloCine. "Jan Kounen". AlloCiné. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  6. 1 2 3 "Retour sur le sketch de Jan Kounen coupé des Infidèles". Premiere.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  7. ↑ "Blueberry". Time Out London. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jan Kounen". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  9. 1 2 "OM on the Range: The Alternative Realities of Jan Kounen". DangerousMinds. 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  10. 1 2 Kounen, Jan; Benant, Bernard (2006-11-09). 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 2017-01-03.
  12. ↑ Beigbeder, Frédéric; Kounen, Jan; Allix, Simon; Planche, Jean-Luc (2007-09-24). 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 2017-01-03.
  14. ↑ "Jan Kounen". Filmweb. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  15. 1 2 "Jan Kounen". Inner Traditions. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
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