Jean-Pierre Jeunet to announce shock retirement?
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Sad news for Jeunet fans. Speculation had been rife that the French director best known for Amélie, Alien Resurrection or Delicatessen, will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 71, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 11/04/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
Being a director isn't fun anymore
“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-screenwriter just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.
#ThankYouJean-Pierre
For a little while on Thursday evening, #ThankYouJean-Pierre was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.
“You’ve accomplished everything I ever dreamed of #ThankYouJean-Pierre.”
— @DesireePlum, 10 Apr 2025
“Didn't Jean-Pierre Jeunet retire about 3 years ago?”
— @samy2love, 10 Apr 2025
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