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Jean Cocteau
Director

Jean Cocteau

5 Jul 1889Born
11 Oct 1963Died
74Age at death
48Credits

Biography

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright, artist and filmmaker.

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Along with other avant-garde artists of his generation (Jean Anouilh and René Char for example) Cocteau grappled with the algebra of verbal codes old and new, mise en scène language and technologies of modernism to create a paradox: a classical avant-garde.[citation needed] His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María Félix, Édith Piaf (whom he cast in one of his one-act plays entitled Le Bel Indifferent in 1940), and Raymond Radiguet.

His work was played out in the theatrical world of the Grands Theatres, the Boulevards and beyond during the Parisian epoque he both lived through and helped define and create. His versatile, unconventional approach and enormous output brought him international acclaim.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAParadeFilm: Writer
  2. TBALa macchina da scrivereSeries: Creator
  3. 2024DaedalusFilm: Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
  4. 2022Les parents terriblesFilm: Writer
  5. 2021The Human VoiceFilm: Writer
  6. 2021Morceaux de CannesFilm
  7. 2019The Human VoiceFilm: Writer
  8. 2018The Image BookFilm: (archive footage)
  9. 2018Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's CastleFilm: Writer
  10. 2018The Human VoiceFilm: Writer
  11. 2013OpiumFilm: Writer
  12. 2006The Last Days of an Icon: Edith PiafFilm
  13. 1999La Voix HumaineFilm: Writer
  14. 1993Oedipus RexFilm: Writer
  15. 1992Edwige Feuillère en scèneFilm: Writer
  16. 1991MerlínFilm: Writer
  17. 1990The Human VoiceFilm: Writer
  18. 1989La Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un ActeFilm: Writer
  19. 1978Le Bel IndifférentFilm: Writer
  20. 1964In This Atrocious GardenFilm: Narrator (voice), Writer
  21. 1962Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000Film: Director, Writer
  22. 1962In Search of Marcel ProustFilm
  23. 1961Princess of ClevesFilm: Writer
  24. 1960Beyond the RivieraFilm
  25. 1960America as Seen by a FrenchmanFilm: Narrator (Afterword)
  26. 1960Testament of OrpheusFilm: Le poète, Director, Writer
  27. 1958Anna the MaidFilm: Writer
  28. 1958Anna the MaidFilm: Writer
  29. 19578 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 MovementsFilm: Director
  30. 1957Django ReinhardtFilm: Writer
  31. 1954PantomimesFilm: Screenplay
  32. 1952La Villa Santo-SospirFilm: Director
  33. 1951Black CrownFilm: Writer
  34. 1950OrpheusFilm: Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
  35. 1950The Strange OnesFilm: Narrator (voice), Novel, Writer
  36. 1949Daughter of the SandsFilm: Narrator (voice)
  37. 1948The Storm WithinFilm: Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Writer
  38. 1948The Eagle with Two HeadsFilm: Director, Writer
  39. 1947Rhythm of AfricaFilm: Director
  40. 1946Beauty and the BeastFilm: The Voice of Magic (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
  41. 1946Black FriendshipFilm: Narrator, Writer
  42. 1944From Joan of Arc to Philippe PétainFilm: Reciter (voice)
  43. 1944La MalibranFilm: Alfred de Musset
  44. 1943The Eternal ReturnFilm: Screenplay
  45. 1943The Phantom BaronFilm: Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme, Writer
  46. 1942The Four-Poster BedFilm: Screenplay
  47. 1932The Blood of a PoetFilm: Bit Part (uncredited), Director, Writer
  48. 1925Jean Cocteau Makes CinemaFilm: Director

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