Jean Jean

Jean Jean is a HaitianDominican actor and filmmaker known for his work in theatre and cinema He gained international recognition for his leading role in Woodpeckers 2017 for which he received the Best Actor award at the Havana Film Festival and Best IberoAmerican Actor at the Guadalajara International Film Festival He began his career in Dominican theatre training at the Ángel Haché Performance Laboratory of the National School of Dramatic Arts and performed in productions such as An Enemy of the People Paradise and La Peste de Estos Días He later appeared in a number of Dominican films including La Soga Hermafrodita and Operación Patakón After studying documentary filmmaking at the International School of Cinema and Television in Cuba he expanded his work in film acting in projects such as Locki 7 and Isla Rota He also directed the documentary Si bondye vle Yuli 2015 which won several international awards