Directing · b. 1889 · 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 Bernstei...

Directed

Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000 1962 Testament of Orpheus 1960 8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements 1957 La Villa Santo-Sospir 1952 Orpheus 1950 The Storm Within 1948 The Eagle with Two Heads 1948 Rhythm of Africa 1947 Beauty and the Beast 1946 The Blood of a Poet 1932 Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema 1925

Acting

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2026 Daedalus Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) 2024 Jean Cocteau Self (archive footage) 2024 Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur Self (archive footage) 2022 Morceaux de Cannes 2021 A Night at the Opera Self (archive footage) 2020 Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer Self (archive footage) 2020 The Image Book (archive footage) 2018 Art of Style: Jean Cocteau Self (archive footage) 2018 Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma Self (archive footage) 2011 Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments Self (archive footage) 2009 Callas Assoluta Self (archive footage) 2007 To Each His Own Cinema Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage) 2007 Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or Self (archive footage) 2006 The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf 2006 Cocteau and Company Himself 2003 Jean Cocteau, cinéaste Self (archive footage) 2001 Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths Self (archive footage) 1997 Great Writers: Jean Cocteau Self 1996 Steel Cathedrals Self (voice) (archive footage) 1985 Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown Self (archive footage) 1984 Disorder Is 20 Years Old Self (archive footage) 1967 Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau Self 1964 The Infernal Machine Self (voice) 1963 Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir Self 1962 In Search of Marcel Proust 1962 America as Seen by a Frenchman Narrator (Afterword) 1960 Beyond the Riviera 1960 Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau Himself 1959 Musée Grévin Self, a director 1958

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