Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1889-07-05
Day of Death
1963-10-11
Place of Birth
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Jean Cocteau
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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Cocteau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (51)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
Jean Cocteau
2024
Daedalus
2024
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
A Night at the Opera
2020
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
2020
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
2018
The Image Book
2018
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
2011
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
2009
Callas Assoluta
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
2006
