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After studying at the École Des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, where he directed his first short films, Jan Kounen began working as an assistant operator and director of music videos and documentaries. In 1989, he made the short film Gisèle Kérosène, crowned Grand Prix in the category of Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival. 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 on the eccentric and violent dog breed Dobermann, starring French actor Vincent Cassel. After Dobermann, Jan Kounen traveled across Mexico and Peru, where he immersed in shaman culture and returned in 2004 with the western Blueberry, an adaptation of the famous comic strip where he gave the title role to Vincent Cassel. The same year, he continued his study of shamanism with the documentaries Other Worlds and Darshan – The Embrace (2005), Kounen staged the Comedy 99 Francs in 2007, a satire of the world of advertising produced by Jean Dujardin. After participating in the Project 8 where he campaigned to improve maternal health in the world, he made a film that captured Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky in which he depicts the connection of passion between the famous seamstress with the Russian composer.