Jean Cocteau
Known for Directing · 57 credits
- Born
- 1889-07-05
- Died
- 1963-10-11
- Place of birth
- Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
- Also known as
- 장 콕토 · Jean Maurice Eugène Clément 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.
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Known For
Discorama
1959
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Orpheus
1950
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TV Shows (6)
Movies (51)
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Orpheus
1950
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Malibran
1944
as Alfred de Musset
Beauty and the Beast
1946
as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Testament of Orpheus
1960
as Le poète
The Blood of a Poet
1932
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Daedalus
2024
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
The Strange Ones
1950
as Narrator (voice)
Venom and Eternity
1952
as Self
Callas Assoluta
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Century Is Fifty
1950
as Self
Musée Grévin
1958
as Self, a director
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
1944
as Reciter (voice)
It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957
as Self (uncredited)
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Disorder
1950
as Self
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Phantom Baron
1943
as Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
1962
as Self
La Villa Santo-Sospir
1952
as Self
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
1967
as Self (archive footage)
Steel Cathedrals
1985
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Storm Within
1948
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
America as Seen by a Frenchman
1960
as Narrator (Afterword)
Jean Cocteau
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Cocteau and Company
2003
as Himself
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
2006
In Search of Marcel Proust
1962
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Eine Melodie - vier Maler
1955
as Self
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
1957
Daughter of the Sands
1949
as Narrator (voice)
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Black Friendship
1946
as Narrator
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
1962
as Self
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
1925
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
1984
as Self (archive footage)
In This Atrocious Garden
1964
as Narrator (voice)
Beyond the Riviera
1960
Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
1964
as Self
The Infernal Machine
1963
as Self (voice)
Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
1959
as Himself
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
1996
as Self
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
2011
as Self (archive footage)
About Jean Cocteau
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, Pa… With 57 credits spanning from 1925 to 2026, Jean Cocteau has appeared in 51 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Cocteau Movies
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
- Orpheus (1950) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- La Malibran (1944) — as Alfred de Musset
- Beauty and the Beast (1946) — as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
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