Jean Cocteau
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
5 Jul 1889
Age
137 Years
Born In
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Total Projects
56
Years Active
101 Yrs
Avg Rating
7.1 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography
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Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
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Daedalus
Daedalus
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
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Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
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Morceaux de Cannes
Morceaux de Cannes
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A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera
as Self (archive footage)
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Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
as Self (archive footage)
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Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
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The Image Book
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
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Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
as Self (archive footage)
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Callas Assoluta
Callas Assoluta
as Self (archive footage)
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To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
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The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
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Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
as Self (archive footage)
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Cocteau and Company
Cocteau and Company
as Himself
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Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
as Self (archive footage)
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Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as Self (archive footage)
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Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
as Self
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Steel Cathedrals
Steel Cathedrals
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
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Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
as Self (archive footage)
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Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
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Disorder Is 20 Years Old
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
as Self (archive footage)
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In This Atrocious Garden
In This Atrocious Garden
as Narrator (voice)
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Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
as Self
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The Infernal Machine
The Infernal Machine
as Self (voice)
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Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
as Self
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Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
as Self
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In Search of Marcel Proust
In Search of Marcel Proust
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Beyond the Riviera
Beyond the Riviera
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America as Seen by a Frenchman
America as Seen by a Frenchman
as Narrator (Afterword)
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Testament of Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus
as Le poète
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Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
as Himself
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Discorama
Discorama
as Self
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Musée Grévin
Musée Grévin
as Self, a director
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It Happened on the 36 Candles
It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
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8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
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En direct de...
En direct de...
as self
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Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama
as Self
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Around the World with Orson Welles
Around the World with Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
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Eine Melodie - vier Maler
Eine Melodie - vier Maler
as Self
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Reflets de Cannes
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
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La Villa Santo-Sospir
La Villa Santo-Sospir
as Self
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Venom and Eternity
Venom and Eternity
as Self
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Disorder
Disorder
as Self
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Orpheus
Orpheus
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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The Strange Ones
The Strange Ones
as Narrator (voice)
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The Century Is Fifty
The Century Is Fifty
as Self
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Daughter of the Sands
Daughter of the Sands
as Narrator (voice)
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The Storm Within
The Storm Within
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
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Black Friendship
Black Friendship
as Narrator
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From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
as Reciter (voice)
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La Malibran
La Malibran
as Alfred de Musset
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The Phantom Baron
The Phantom Baron
as Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
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The Blood of a Poet
The Blood of a Poet
as Bit Part (uncredited)
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Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema