Jean Cocteau

Born

July 5, 1889

Died

October 11, 1963 (74 years old)

Known For

Directing

Place of Birth

Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France

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.

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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2024

Daedalus

Daedalus

Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

10.0

2024

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

Self (archive footage)

6.4

2020

Cocteau - Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer

Cocteau - Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2020

Art of Style: Jean Cocteau

Art of Style: Jean Cocteau

Self (archive footage)

7.2

2018

The Image Book

The Image Book

(archive footage)

6.4

2018

Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments

Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments

Self (archive footage)

4.0

2009

Callas Assoluta

Callas Assoluta

Self (archive footage)

6.5

2007

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)

6.5

2007

The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf

The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf

0.0

2006

Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or

Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2006

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

himself (archive)

7.5

2001

Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

Self (archive footage)

0.0

1997

Great Writers: Jean Cocteau

Great Writers: Jean Cocteau

Self

0.0

1996

Steel Cathedrals

Self (voice) (archive footage)

0.0

1985

Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown

Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown

Self (archive footage)

6.5

1984

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Self (archive footage) · (2 episodes)

0.0

1978

Disorder Is 20 Years Old

Self (archive footage)

0.0

1967

In This Atrocious Garden

In This Atrocious Garden

Narrator (voice)

10.0

1964

Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau

Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau

Self

0.0

1964

Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir

Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir

Self

0.0

1962

Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000

Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000

Self

6.4

1962

Beyond the Riviera

Beyond the Riviera

0.0

1960

America as Seen by a Frenchman

America as Seen by a Frenchman

Narrator (Afterword)

6.4

1960

Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

The Poet

7.7

1960

Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau

Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau

Himself

0.0

1959

Discorama

Discorama

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1959

Musée Grévin

Self, a director

0.0

1958

It Happened on the 36 Candles

It Happened on the 36 Candles

Self (uncredited)

2.0

1957

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

5.9

1957

En direct de...

En direct de...

self · (1 episode)

0.0

1956

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

Self · (3 episodes)

8.0

1956

Eine Melodie - vier Maler

Self

5.0

1955

Reflets de Cannes

Reflets de Cannes

Self · (4 episodes)

2.0

1954

La Villa Santo-Sospir

La Villa Santo-Sospir

Self

7.2

1952

Venom and Eternity

Venom and Eternity

Self

6.7

1952

Disorder

Disorder

Self

5.0

1950

Orpheus

Orpheus

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

7.6

1950

The Strange Ones

The Strange Ones

Narrator (voice)

6.7

1950

The Century Is Fifty

The Century Is Fifty

Self

0.0

1950

Daughter of the Sands

Daughter of the Sands

Narrator (voice)

10.0

1949

The Storm Within

The Storm Within

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

1948

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

The Voice of Magic (uncredited)

7.5

1946

Black Friendship

Narrator

0.0

1946

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

Reciter (voice)

0.0

1944

La Malibran

La Malibran

Alfred de Musset

5.7

1944

The Phantom Baron

The Phantom Baron

Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme

6.1

1943

The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet

Bit Part (uncredited)

7.1

1932

Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema

Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema

0.0

1925

Cocteau et compagnie

Himself

6.0