Jean-Jacques Rousseau (director)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (December 16, 1946 – November 5, 2014) was a Belgian absurdist independent film director.

[1] He called himself the director of the absurd and always fiercely protected his anonymity by masking his face during his public appearances.

[3][4] His life was supposed to be the subject of a Yann Moix film, called Palme d'or, starring Benoît Poelvoorde.

[6] Having a fertile imagination fueled by esoteric tastes in books, his films shunned the mainstream more and more, thus becoming marginalized.

Patrick Moriau, a Belgian politician, stated once that "If one asked me to allocate part of the Walloon Community's finances to the Committee for Film Selection, the money would undoubtedly never go into Rousseau's pockets.