
Michel Ciment
Known for Acting · 31 credits
- Born
- 1938-05-26
- Died
- 2023-11-13
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
Biography
Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif.
Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI.
Ciment participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Earrings of Madame de..., Fellini's Casanova, Persona, Providence, The Rules of the Game, Salvatore Giuliano, Sansho the Bailiff, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Trouble in Paradise.
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Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (26)

Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Seduced and Abandoned
2013
as Self

Elia Kazan: An Outsider
1982
as Self - Host

John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma
2017
as Self - Host

About The Salesman
2018
Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies
2010
as Michel Ciment

Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
2017
as Self

Rencontre entre Jerry Schatzberg & Michel Ciment

Critic
2008
as Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Joseph Losey and the Criminal
2008

Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage
2022
Le Prédateur et la proie
2017
as Himself

Stanley and Us
1999
as Self

Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
1978
as Self

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
as Self (interview)

All About Mankiewicz
1983
as Self

Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
2003
as Self
M présenté par Michel Ciment
2016

An American Named Kazan
2019
as Self

Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
as Self / Interviewer

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025
as Self

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
as Self

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024
as Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic

RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
2010
as Himself

The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017
as Self
About Michel Ciment
Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI. Ciment participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Earrings of Madame de..., Fellini's Casanova, Persona, Providence, The Rules of the Game, Salvatore Giuliano, Sansho the Bailiff… With 31 credits spanning from 1974 to 2025, Michel Ciment has appeared in 26 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michel Ciment Movies
- Kubrick by Kubrick (2020) — as Self (archive footage)
- Seduced and Abandoned (2013) — as Self
- Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982) — as Self - Host
- John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma (2017) — as Self - Host
- About The Salesman (2018)
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