Jessica Forde

Jessica was born in London, Great Britain. Her father is British, her mother French. She has both British and French nationalities. She works as a stills photographer since 2003 taking advantage of her previous experiences as an actress and her passion for photographic techniques. Her first film as an actress, Eric Rohmer's Four adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle, set her sights on the cinema. She has acted in French, Italian and English with over thirty directors, notably Eric Rohmer, Jacques Doillon, Jean-Jacques Beinex, Josiane Balasko, Carlo Mazzacurati, Raul Ruiz, Tsui Hark... And with actors such as Michel Piccoli, Patrick Timsit, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mickey Rourke, Richard Berry, Daniel Auteuil... Jessica has a passion for storytelling in it's various forms. In the passed years she has been especially focusing on photography, documentary, and cinema techniques. She enjoys working alongside different cinematographers and so, forging her own eye to framing and lighting. She has directed 3 short films and one 52 minutes documentary. - IMDb Mini Biography By: By: J.Forde

Double Team (1997)

A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together they're a two-man arsenal... with enough ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsui Hark
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Dennis Rodman  •  Mickey Rourke  •  Paul Freeman

A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together they're a two-man arsenal... with enough ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsui Hark
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Dennis Rodman  •  Mickey Rourke  •  Paul Freeman

Magic in the Moonlight (2014)

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Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Emma Stone  •  Colin Firth  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  Hamish Linklater

Set in the 1920s French Riviera, a master magician is commissioned to try and expose a psychic as a fraud.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Emma Stone  •  Colin Firth  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  Hamish Linklater

L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001)

The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, in the hopes of having the sexual skill to impress Laure. Laure, a blonde who was introduced to him by his friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Patrick Timsit  •  Cécile de France  •  Richard Berry  •  Alain Chabat

The film follows Etienne, a 40-year-old car designer, who takes time off from work to study sexual mastery from a Zen master and several prostitutes, in the hopes of having the sexual skill to impress Laure. Laure, a blonde who was introduced to him by his friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Patrick Timsit  •  Cécile de France  •  Richard Berry  •  Alain Chabat

The Prude (1986)

Pierre is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon lets him know that she is coming to see him after a year's absence, Pierre decides to prepare for the meeting. He goes to the theater with his girlfriend Ariane and has the actresses in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Sabine Azéma  •  Laurent Malet

Pierre is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon lets him know that she is coming to see him after a year's absence, Pierre decides to prepare for the meeting. He goes to the theater with his girlfriend Ariane and has the actresses in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Sabine Azéma  •  Laurent Malet

Il prete bello (1989)

In 1939 Vicenza, a young petty thief befriends the local priest. Based on the novel by Goffredo Parise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Mazzacurati
CAST:  Massimo Santelia  •  Davide Torsello  •  Roberto Citran  •  Adriana Asti

In 1939 Vicenza, a young petty thief befriends the local priest. Based on the novel by Goffredo Parise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Mazzacurati
CAST:  Massimo Santelia  •  Davide Torsello  •  Roberto Citran  •  Adriana Asti

A Soul Split in Two (1993)

Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights thinking about new ways to flirt with the store's makeup consultant. His malaise psychosomatically manifests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Jessica Forde

Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights thinking about new ways to flirt with the store's makeup consultant. His malaise psychosomatically manifests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Jessica Forde

22 Bullets (2010)

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Marina Foïs

Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in Marseille's Old Port, with 22 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Berry
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Gabriella Wright  •  Jean-Pierre Darroussin  •  Marina Foïs

My Life Is Hell (1991)

The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she's on Heaven's hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervenes to bring about the demon's demise. But Leah begins to find Abargadon attractive and not so bad. She decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josiane Balasko
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Josiane Balasko  •  Richard Berry  •  Catherine Hiegel

The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she's on Heaven's hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervenes to bring about the demon's demise. But Leah begins to find Abargadon attractive and not so bad. She decides to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josiane Balasko
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Josiane Balasko  •  Richard Berry  •  Catherine Hiegel

Cinématon (1978)

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 minutes and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Courant
CAST:  Fernando Arrabal  •  Roberto Benigni  •  Gaël Badaud  •  Alain-Alcide Sudre

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 minutes and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérard Courant
CAST:  Fernando Arrabal  •  Roberto Benigni  •  Gaël Badaud  •  Alain-Alcide Sudre

The Blind Owl (1987)

H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is fascinated: the dancer he sees on the screen seems to be looking straight into his eyes. He falls in love with her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Ruiz
CAST:  Jean-François Lapalus  •  Jean-Bernard Guillard  •  Jessica Forde  •  Jean-Marie Boëglin

H., 35, an Arabian immigrant, works as projectionist in an old cinema. One day, drawn by the music, he looks through the window of the booth and is fascinated: the dancer he sees on the screen seems to be looking straight into his eyes. He falls in love with her, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Ruiz
CAST:  Jean-François Lapalus  •  Jean-Bernard Guillard  •  Jessica Forde  •  Jean-Marie Boëglin

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987)

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and relation to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Éric Rohmer
CAST:  Joëlle Miquel  •  Jessica Forde  •  Philippe Laudenbach  •  Fabrice Luchini

Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and relation to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Éric Rohmer
CAST:  Joëlle Miquel  •  Jessica Forde  •  Philippe Laudenbach  •  Fabrice Luchini

L'ogre (1986)

Dr. Paul Calmet is dead. His son Jean again feels the familiar feeling of anguish caused by his father; victim of this torture, he is carrying the virus of misfortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Edelstein
CAST:  Jean-Quentin Châtelain  •  Marcel Bozzuffi  •  Jessica Forde  •  Marie Collins

Dr. Paul Calmet is dead. His son Jean again feels the familiar feeling of anguish caused by his father; victim of this torture, he is carrying the virus of misfortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Edelstein
CAST:  Jean-Quentin Châtelain  •  Marcel Bozzuffi  •  Jessica Forde  •  Marie Collins

Buisson ardent (1987)

Jean and Julie meet again ten years after childhood. Jean has trouble recognizing the grown up girl. Julie is "promised" to Henri, a neighbor. Julie, scathing and capricious, provokes Henri and Jean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Perrin
CAST:  Jean-Claude Adelin  •  Jessica Forde  •  Alice de Poncheville  •  Simon de La Brosse

Jean and Julie meet again ten years after childhood. Jean has trouble recognizing the grown up girl. Julie is "promised" to Henri, a neighbor. Julie, scathing and capricious, provokes Henri and Jean.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Perrin
CAST:  Jean-Claude Adelin  •  Jessica Forde  •  Alice de Poncheville  •  Simon de La Brosse

Le Trio en mi bémol (1988)

Paul and Adèle were once lovers and separated but are still good friends, one year after everything seems to take them away from each other. The key of E may be the key of true friendship, but it is Mozart that pushes them apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Éric Rohmer
CAST:  Pascal Greggory  •  Jessica Forde

Paul and Adèle were once lovers and separated but are still good friends, one year after everything seems to take them away from each other. The key of E may be the key of true friendship, but it is Mozart that pushes them apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Éric Rohmer
CAST:  Pascal Greggory  •  Jessica Forde

Comédie d'été (1989)

Adrien does not see eye to eye with his patrician father about much. It is 1912, and the old man still believes in the old rules which strait-jacket "men of class." He believes that the elite have the right to conquer where they can, that they should refrain from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Vigne
CAST:  Maruschka Detmers  •  Rémi Martin  •  Jean-Claude Brialy  •  Nelly Borgeaud

Adrien does not see eye to eye with his patrician father about much. It is 1912, and the old man still believes in the old rules which strait-jacket "men of class." He believes that the elite have the right to conquer where they can, that they should refrain from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Vigne
CAST:  Maruschka Detmers  •  Rémi Martin  •  Jean-Claude Brialy  •  Nelly Borgeaud

Tra noi due tutto è finito (1994)

A seducer finds himself in crisis when his woman makes him believe he has a lover. The search for the suspect rival has the upper hand, with unexpected results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Furio Angiolella
CAST:  Elena Sofia Ricci  •  Richard Berry  •  Alessandra Casella  •  Lucio Allocca

A seducer finds himself in crisis when his woman makes him believe he has a lover. The search for the suspect rival has the upper hand, with unexpected results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Furio Angiolella
CAST:  Elena Sofia Ricci  •  Richard Berry  •  Alessandra Casella  •  Lucio Allocca

Mamirolle (2000)

Delphine meets Manuel. Fragile and elusive, the young man escapes him. Manuel leaves the city to flee his illness, a cancer. Delphine goes in pursuit and plunges into a world of dark encounters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brigitte Coscas
CAST:  Lou Doillon  •  Sylvain Jacques  •  Jean-Roger Milo  •  Elisabeth Kaza

Delphine meets Manuel. Fragile and elusive, the young man escapes him. Manuel leaves the city to flee his illness, a cancer. Delphine goes in pursuit and plunges into a world of dark encounters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brigitte Coscas
CAST:  Lou Doillon  •  Sylvain Jacques  •  Jean-Roger Milo  •  Elisabeth Kaza