Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 30, 1941
Died
May 19, 2022
Place of Birth
Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]
Credits
47 titles
Jean-Louis Comolli
Biography
Jean-Louis Comolli is a French filmmaker, screenwriter and writer, born in 1941 in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria). After working for Les Cahiers du Cinéma from 1962 to 1978, of which he was editor in chief from 1966 to 1971, he became a director of fiction and documentaries. Also a journalist for Jazz Magazine, he has co-written or edited several books on jazz. His multiple works and his theoretical thinking on cinema have nourished many filmmakers and documentary lovers. He died on May 19, 2022.
Known For
Filmography
Hi Mister Comolli
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
The Ghosts of May 68
Director
Marseille entre deux tours
Director
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
Director
À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
himself
Filmer aujourd'hui
Director
Facing the Phantoms
Director
L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini
Director
Rêves de France à Marseille
Director
Nos deux Marseillaises
Director
L'affaire Sofri
Director
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
Writer
La question des alliances
Director
Le Concerto de Mozart
Director
Marseille contre Marseille
Director
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Director
Un Américain en Normandie
Director
La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)
Director
Marseille en mars
Director
La campagne de Provence
Director
Chahine & Co
Director
Retrato de Família
Writer
Naissance d'un hôpital
Director
Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville
Director
Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral
Director
Pétition
Director
Hiver 60
Writer
Stray Bullets
Writer
The Red Shade
Writer
Heat of Desire
Writer
Totò, une anthologie
Director
Ciné regards
Self
La Cecilia
Writer
Vivre et filmer en Hongrie
Director
Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso
Director
Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne
Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée
Director
Les deux marseillaises
Director
En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien
Director
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67
Self
Alphaville
Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)
Pour le plaisir
Self
The Carabineers
Soldier with Fish
Suzanne’s Career
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marseille de père en fils (partie 1: Ombres sur la ville)
Director