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.
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Movies (49)
Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Daedalus
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024
Les parents terribles
Writer (Writing)
2022
The Human Voice
Original Story (Writing)
2022
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Human Voice
Writer (Writing)
2021
The Human Voice
Story (Writing)
2021
The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times
Story (Writing)
2020
A Night at the Opera
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Human Voice
Theatre Play (Writing)
2020
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Human Voice
Writer (Writing)
2019
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
2018
Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
Writer (Writing)
2018
The Human Voice
Theatre Play (Writing)
2018
The Human Voice
Story (Writing)
2018
The Human Voice
Writer (Writing)
2018
The Human Voice
Story (Writing)
2016
Human Voice
Story (Writing)
2014
Opium
Writer (Writing)
2013
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Blues
Theatre Play (Writing)
2009
Callas Assoluta
as Self (archive footage)
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
2007
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
2006
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Cocteau and Company
as Himself
2003
Beautiful
Theatre Play (Writing)
2002
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
as Self (archive footage)
2001
La Voix Humaine
Writer (Writing)
1999
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
as Self
1996
Oedipus Rex
Writer (Writing)
1993
Edwige Feuillère en scène
Writer (Writing)
1992
Merlín
Writer (Writing)
1991
The Human Voice
Writer (Writing)
1990
La Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un Acte
Writer (Writing)
1989
Oidipus Rex
Opera (Writing)
1988
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Theatre Play (Writing)
1988
The Human Voice
Story (Writing)
1985
Steel Cathedrals
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1985
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
as Self (archive footage)
1984
The Mystery of Oberwald
Theatre Play (Writing)
1981
The Human Voice
Story (Writing)
1979
La Dame de Monte-Carlo
Original Story (Writing)
1979
La Voce Umana
Story (Writing)
1978
Le Bel Indifférent
Writer (Writing)
1978
L'aigle à deux têtes
Theatre Play (Writing)
1975