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Jean Cocteau
Also known as: 장 콕토, Jean Maurice Eugène Clément 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.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
July 5, 1889
Day of Death
October 11, 1963
Age at Death
74 years old
Place of Birth
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Popularity Score
0.4
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026Movie
Daedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024Movie
Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
2024Movie
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
The Human Voice
Original Story
2022Movie
Les parents terribles
Writer
2022Movie
Les parents terribles
Dialogue
2022Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
2021Movie
The Human Voice
Writer
2021Movie
The Human Voice
Story
2021Movie
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times
Story
2020Movie
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
2020Movie
The Human Voice
Writer
2019Movie
The Image Book
(archive footage)
2018Movie
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
2018Movie
The Human Voice
Story
2018Movie
The Human Voice
Writer
2018Movie
Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
Writer
2018Movie
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
2018Movie
The Human Voice
Story
2016Movie
The Eagle with Two Heads
Original Story
2016Movie
Human Voice
Story
2014Movie
Opium
Writer
2013Movie
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
Self (archive footage)
2011Movie
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Self (archive footage)
2009Movie
Blues
Theatre Play
2009Movie
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
2007Movie
To Each His Own Cinema
Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
2007Movie
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Self (archive footage)
2006Movie
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
2006Movie
Cocteau and Company
Himself
2003Movie
Beautiful
Theatre Play
2002Movie
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Self (archive footage)
2001Movie
La Voix Humaine
Writer
1999Movie
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Self (archive footage)
1997Movie
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
Self
1996Movie
Oedipus Rex
Writer
1993Movie
Edwige Feuillère en scène
Writer
1992Movie
Merlín
Writer
1991Movie
The Human Voice
Writer
1990Movie
La Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un Acte
Writer
1989Movie
Oidipus Rex
Opera
1988Movie
Steel Cathedrals
Self (voice) (archive footage)
1985Movie
The Human Voice
Story
1985Movie
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
Self (archive footage)
1984Movie
The Mystery of Oberwald
Theatre Play
1981Movie
La Dame de Monte-Carlo
Original Story
1979Movie
The Human Voice
Story
1979Movie
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Self (archive footage)
1978TV
Le Bel Indifférent
Writer
1978Movie
La Voce Umana
Story
1978Movie
L'aigle à deux têtes
Theatre Play
1975Movie
The Human Voice
Book
1971Movie
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
Self (archive footage)
1967Movie
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
1966Movie
Thomas the Impostor
Author
1965Movie
Thomas the Impostor
Scenario Writer
1965Movie
Thomas the Impostor
Dialogue
1965Movie
Ľudský hlas
Theatre Play
1965Movie
In This Atrocious Garden
Narrator (voice)
1964Movie
Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
Self
1964Movie
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964TV
In This Atrocious Garden
Writer
1964Movie
The Infernal Machine
Self (voice)
1963Movie
The Infernal Machine
Theatre Play
1963Movie
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Self
1962Movie
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
Self
1962Movie
In Search of Marcel Proust
1962Movie
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Director
1962Movie
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Writer
1962Movie
Princess of Cleves
Writer
1961Movie
Princess of Cleves
Adaptation
1961Movie
Testament of Orpheus
Le poète
1960Movie
America as Seen by a Frenchman
Narrator (Afterword)
1960Movie
Beyond the Riviera
1960Movie
Testament of Orpheus
Writer
1960Movie
Testament of Orpheus
Director
1960Movie
Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
Himself
1959Movie
Discorama
Self
1959TV
Musée Grévin
Self, a director
1958Movie
Anna the Maid
Writer
1958Movie
Le Bel Indifférent
Theatre Play
1958Movie
Anna the Maid
Writer
1958Movie
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Self (uncredited)
1957Movie
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
1957Movie
Django Reinhardt
Writer
1957Movie
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Director
1957Movie
Cinépanorama
Self
1956TV
En direct de...
self
1956TV
Eine Melodie - vier Maler
Self
1955Movie
Around the World with Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
1955TV
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954TV
Pantomimes
Screenplay
1954Movie
Intimate Relations
Theatre Play
1953Movie
Venom and Eternity
Self
1952Movie
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Self
1952Movie
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Director
1952Movie
Colette
Himself
1951Movie
Black Crown
Writer
1951Movie
The Strange Ones
Narrator (voice)
1950Movie
Orpheus
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950Movie
The Century Is Fifty
Self
1950Movie
Disorder
Self
1950Movie
Orpheus
Director
1950Movie
The Strange Ones
Novel
1950Movie
Orpheus
Writer
1950Movie
The Strange Ones
Writer
1950Movie
Daughter of the Sands
Narrator (voice)
1949Movie
The Storm Within
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1948Movie
The Storm Within
Director
1948Movie
The Eagle with Two Heads
Director
1948Movie
The Eagle with Two Heads
Writer
1948Movie
The Storm Within
Writer
1948Movie
The Eagle with Two Heads
Theatre Play
1948Movie
The Queen's Lover
Adaptation
1948Movie
L'Amore
Theatre Play
1948Movie
Rhythm of Africa
Director
1947Movie
Beauty and the Beast
The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
1946Movie
Black Friendship
Narrator
1946Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Screenplay
1946Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Dialogue
1946Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Story
1946Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Director
1946Movie
Black Friendship
Writer
1946Movie
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
Dialogue
1945Movie
La Malibran
Alfred de Musset
1944Movie
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
Reciter (voice)
1944Movie
The Phantom Baron
Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
1943Movie
The Eternal Return
Screenplay
1943Movie
The Phantom Baron
Writer
1943Movie
The Four-Poster Bed
Screenplay
1942Movie
Comedy of Happiness
Adaptation
1940Movie
The Blood of a Poet
Bit Part (uncredited)
1932Movie
The Blood of a Poet
Director
1932Movie
The Blood of a Poet
Writer
1932Movie
The Blood of a Poet
Editor
1932Movie
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
1925Movie
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
Director
1925Movie
Parade
Writer
—Movie
La macchina da scrivere
Creator
—TV