Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 05, 1889
Died
Oct 11, 1963
Place of Birth
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Credits
111 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
Daedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Les parents terribles
Writer
The Human Voice
Original Story
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Self (archive footage)
The Human Voice
Writer
Morceaux de Cannes
The Human Voice
Story
The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times
Story
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Self (archive footage)
The Human Voice
Writer
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
(archive footage)
Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
Writer
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
The Human Voice
Writer
The Human Voice
Story
The Eagle with Two Heads
Original Story
The Human Voice
Story
Human Voice
Story
Opium
Writer
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
Self (archive footage)
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Self (archive footage)
Blues
Theatre Play
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
To Each His Own Cinema
Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Self (archive footage)
Cocteau and Company
Himself
Beautiful
Theatre Play
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Self (archive footage)
La Voix Humaine
Writer
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Self (archive footage)
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
Self
Oedipus Rex
Writer
Edwige Feuillère en scène
Writer
Merlín
Writer
The Human Voice
Writer
La Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un Acte
Writer
Oidipus Rex
Opera
The Human Voice
Story
Steel Cathedrals
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
Self (archive footage)
The Mystery of Oberwald
Theatre Play
The Human Voice
Story
La Dame de Monte-Carlo
Original Story
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage)