- Used to be banned from entering China because of his film Seven Years in Tibet (1997). But years later, he was hired to direct the Chinese-French co-production Wolf Totem (2015) and had his ban lifted.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 35th Cannes International Film Festival in 1982.
- Annaud uses a three-camera set-up since shooting Quest for Fire (1981). He employed the same shooting style on his TV miniseries The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2018).
- He was sent to the French Cameroons as an Army Film Director by the National Service. During this period he trained locals to make their own movies while working on a series of educational films for the natives.
- Education: Vaugirard School; IDHEC, Paris; Sorbonne, Paris (literature).
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