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, 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.
Filmography
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
Daedalus
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Daedalus
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
Morceaux de Cannes
A Night at the Opera
as Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Opera
as Self (archive footage)
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
as Self (archive footage)
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
as Self (archive footage)
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
as Self (archive footage)
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
as Self (archive footage)
Callas Assoluta
as Self (archive footage)
Callas Assoluta
as Self (archive footage)
To Each His Own Cinema
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
To Each His Own Cinema
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
as Self (archive footage)
Cocteau and Company
as Himself
Cocteau and Company
as Himself
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as Self (archive footage)
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
as Self
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
as Self
Steel Cathedrals
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Steel Cathedrals
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
as Self (archive footage)
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
as Self (archive footage)
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
as Self (archive footage)
In This Atrocious Garden
as Narrator (voice)
In This Atrocious Garden
as Narrator (voice)
Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
as Self
Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
as Self
The Infernal Machine
as Self (voice)
The Infernal Machine
as Self (voice)
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
as Self
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
as Self
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
as Self
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
as Self
In Search of Marcel Proust
In Search of Marcel Proust
Beyond the Riviera
Beyond the Riviera
America as Seen by a Frenchman
as Narrator (Afterword)
America as Seen by a Frenchman
as Narrator (Afterword)
Testament of Orpheus
as Le poète
Testament of Orpheus
as Le poète
Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
as Himself
Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
as Himself
Musée Grévin
as Self, a director
Musée Grévin
as Self, a director
It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Eine Melodie - vier Maler
as Self
Eine Melodie - vier Maler
as Self
La Villa Santo-Sospir
as Self
La Villa Santo-Sospir
as Self
Venom and Eternity
as Self
Venom and Eternity
as Self
Colette
as Himself
Colette
as Himself
Disorder
as Self
Disorder
as Self
Orpheus
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Orpheus
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Strange Ones
as Narrator (voice)
The Strange Ones
as Narrator (voice)
The Century Is Fifty
as Self
The Century Is Fifty
as Self
Daughter of the Sands
as Narrator (voice)
Daughter of the Sands
as Narrator (voice)
The Storm Within
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Storm Within
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Beauty and the Beast
as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
Beauty and the Beast
as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
Black Friendship
as Narrator
Black Friendship
as Narrator
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
as Reciter (voice)
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
as Reciter (voice)
La Malibran
as Alfred de Musset
La Malibran
as Alfred de Musset
The Phantom Baron
as Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
The Phantom Baron
as Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
The Blood of a Poet
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Blood of a Poet
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema