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.
Personal Details
Movies (44)
Hi Mister Comolli
2023
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
2020
The Ghosts of May 68
Director (Directing)
2018
Marseille entre deux tours
Director (Directing)
2016
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
Director (Directing)
2014
À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux
2013
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
as himself
2011
Filmer aujourd'hui
Director (Directing)
2010
Facing the Phantoms
Director (Directing)
2009
L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini
Director (Directing)
2005
Rêves de France à Marseille
Director (Directing)
2003
Nos deux Marseillaises
Director (Directing)
2001
L'affaire Sofri
Director (Directing)
2001
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
Director (Directing)
2000
La question des alliances
Director (Directing)
1997
Le Concerto de Mozart
Director (Directing)
1997
Marseille contre Marseille
Director (Directing)
1996
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Director (Directing)
1995
Un Américain en Normandie
Director (Directing)
1994
Marseille en mars
Director (Directing)
1993
La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)
Director (Directing)
1993
La campagne de Provence
Director (Directing)
1992
Chahine & Co
Director (Directing)
1992
Retrato de Família
Writer (Writing)
1991
Naissance d'un hôpital
Director (Directing)
1991
Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville
Director (Directing)
1989
Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral
Director (Directing)
1989
Pétition
Director (Directing)
1987
Hiver 60
Writer (Writing)
1983
Stray Bullets
Writer (Writing)
1983
The Red Shade
Writer (Writing)
1981
Heat of Desire
Writer (Writing)
1981
Totò, une anthologie
Director (Directing)
1978
La Cecilia
Writer (Writing)
1976
Vivre et filmer en Hongrie
Director (Directing)
1971
Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso
Director (Directing)
1969
Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne
1969
Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée
Director (Directing)
1968
Les deux marseillaises
Director (Directing)
1968
En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien
Director (Directing)
1968
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67
as Self
1967
Alphaville
as Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)
1965
Les Carabiniers
as Soldier with Fish
1963
Suzanne’s Career
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1963