Known For
Writing
Born
Dec 19, 1910
Died
Apr 15, 1986
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
29 titles
Jean Genet
Biography
Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.
Known For
Filmography
May Day x 4
Self
Flowers and Beasts
Novel
Little Girl Blue
Self (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Jean Genet, le contre exemplaire
Self
Serva e Padrona
Novel
Genet à Chatila
Writer
Un boxeur endormi
Poem
Le sphinx
Other
Les Bonnes
Writer
Querelle
Novel
Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Self
Black Mirror
Story
The South Bank Show
Ritual
Original Story
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète
Writer
Poor Pretty Eddie
Novel
The Maids
Theatre Play
Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
Song of Love
Prisoner in Duo Fantasy (uncredited)
Mayday
Self
Shiraz 70
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy
Self
Chicago
Self
Condemned and Possessed
Poem
Mademoiselle
Story
Deathwatch
Writer
The Balcony
Theatre Play
Disorder
Self