Jacques Akchoti
Script Consultant
EAVE on Demand Beirut 2020
EAVE on Demand Georgia 2012
EAVE on Demand Kosovo
EAVE on Demand Macedonia 2014
EAVE on Demand Ramallah 2013
EAVE on Demand Russia 2020
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2010
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2011
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2012
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2013
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2014
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2015
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2016
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2017
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2018
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2019
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2020
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2021
EAVE PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2022
Interchange 2010
Interchange 2011
Interchange 2012
Interchange 2013
Lagos 2014
PUENTES 2017
PUENTES 2018
PUENTES 2019
PUENTES 2020
PUENTES 2021
PUENTES 2022
PUENTES 2023
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Biography
After his studies at the NYU film school, Jacques Akchoti has worked in different areas of film production with directors such as R.Bresson, JJ. Beineix, L. Von Trier.
He then became a screenwriter, script consultant, and headed the development of many French and international films for cinema and television, which obtained selections and awards at major film festivals. Most recently, “A Screaming Man” by Haroun Mahamat Saleh, recipient of many awards, notably the Jury Prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival; \"Girls of the Sun\" by Eva Husson Competition Cannes Films Festival 2018; \"Raw\" by Julia Ducournau Cannes Critics Week 2016, etc.
He has directed a feature film for television and written several screenplays. One of his latest script, “Don’t Look back”, a film by Marina De Van featuring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci was part of the Official Selection of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Jacques has been teaching writing and directing at the Femis (National French Filmschool) since 1988 and has facilitated many international screenwriting and development workshops, among which EAVE, Sud Ecriture, DV8 films, Vision Cinema, Ekran, Interchange, Jerusalem Film Lab, etc.