Jean Cocteau
Directing
Born: July 5, 1889 · Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Died: October 11, 1963 (aged 74)
Highest Rated
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.
Photos (2)
Movies (20)
Orpheus
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Blood of a Poet
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Image Book
(archive footage)
Beauty and the Beast
The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
Testament of Orpheus
Le poète
La Malibran
Alfred de Musset
The Strange Ones
Narrator (voice)
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
1957
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
The Phantom Baron
Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
Reciter (voice)
America as Seen by a Frenchman
Narrator (Afterword)
Daedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
In Search of Marcel Proust
1962
In This Atrocious Garden
Narrator (voice)
Daughter of the Sands
Narrator (voice)
The Storm Within
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
2006
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
1925
Beyond the Riviera
1960
Self / Appearances (34)
Discorama
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 3 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 4 eps
Pour le plaisir
Self · 2 eps
En direct de...
self · 1 eps
Around the World with Orson Welles
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
To Each His Own Cinema
Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
Venom and Eternity
Self
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Self (archive footage)
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
Self
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
Disorder
Self
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
Self
Musée Grévin
Self, a director
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Self (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Self (archive footage)
The Century Is Fifty
Self
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Self (archive footage)
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Self
Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
Self
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Self (archive footage)
Colette
Himself
The Infernal Machine
Self (voice)
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Self
Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
Himself
Cocteau and Company
Himself
Upcoming (1)
Directing (10)
Orpheus
Director
The Blood of a Poet
Director
Beauty and the Beast
Director
Testament of Orpheus
Director
The Eagle with Two Heads
Director
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Director
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Director
The Storm Within
Director
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
Director
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Director
Writing (61)
Orpheus
Writer
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
The Blood of a Poet
Writer
Beauty and the Beast
Dialogue
Beauty and the Beast
Screenplay
Beauty and the Beast
Story
The Queen's Lover
Adaptation
Testament of Orpheus
Writer
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
Dialogue
The Eternal Return
Screenplay
The Eagle with Two Heads
Writer
The Eagle with Two Heads
Theatre Play
The Strange Ones
Novel
The Strange Ones
Writer
Princess of Cleves
Writer
Princess of Cleves
Adaptation
Django Reinhardt
Writer
Edwige Feuillère en scène
Writer
The Mystery of Oberwald
Theatre Play
L'Amore
Theatre Play
The Phantom Baron
Writer
Oedipus Rex
Writer
Human Voice
Story
The Four-Poster Bed
Screenplay
Beautiful
Theatre Play
Black Crown
Writer
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
Writer
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
La Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un Acte
Writer
In This Atrocious Garden
Writer
Le Bel Indifférent
Theatre Play
Le Bel Indifférent
Writer
Opium
Writer
The Human Voice
Writer
Comedy of Happiness
Adaptation
The Storm Within
Writer
Les parents terribles
Writer
Les parents terribles
Dialogue
The Human Voice
Story
Thomas the Impostor
Scenario Writer
Thomas the Impostor
Author
Thomas the Impostor
Dialogue
The Human Voice
Writer
The Eagle with Two Heads
Original Story
The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times
Story
Anna the Maid
Writer
La Voce Umana
Story
The Infernal Machine
Theatre Play
The Human Voice
Writer
The Human Voice
Book
La Voix Humaine
Writer
The Human Voice
Story
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Writer
The Human Voice
Story
Intimate Relations
Theatre Play
The Human Voice
Writer
The Human Voice
Story
Anna the Maid
Writer
The Human Voice
Original Story
The Human Voice
Story