Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Directing
Born 1889-07-05 Died 1963-10-11 Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France 111 credits Commander of the Legion of Honour 1 Louis Delluc Prize 1

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards

BAFTA Awards 2 nominated

Tony Awards 1 nominated

  • 1995 Best Play Nominated Les Parents terribles

Commander of the Legion of Honour 1 won

  • Commander of the Legion of Honour Won

Nobel Prize in Literature 1 nominated

  • 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature Nominated

Louis Delluc Prize 1 won

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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.
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Filmography — top 60 of 111
Directing 7 credits
Acting 49 credits
Discorama
Discorama
1959 · Self
Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
Around the World with Orson Welles
Around the World with Orson Welles
1955 · Self (archive footage)
Reflets de Cannes
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1946 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Orpheus
Orpheus
1950 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Writer, Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pour le plaisir
Pour le plaisir
1964 · Self
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Self (archive footage)
The Queen's Lover
The Queen's Lover
1948 · Adaptation
Testament of Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus
1960 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Writer, Le poète
To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · ★ 6.5 · Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
The Human Voice
The Human Voice
2020 · ★ 6.7 · Theatre Play
The Image Book
The Image Book
2018 · ★ 6.3 · (archive footage)
Callas Assoluta
Callas Assoluta
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Le Bel Indifférent
Le Bel Indifférent
1958 · Theatre Play
En direct de...
En direct de...
1956 · self
The Blood of a Poet
The Blood of a Poet
1932 · ★ 7.0 · Director, Writer, Bit Part (uncredited)
La Malibran
La Malibran
1944 · Alfred de Musset
Disorder
Disorder
1950 · Self
The Eagle with Two Heads
The Eagle with Two Heads
1948 · Director, Writer, Theatre Play
A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
1945 · ★ 6.9 · Dialogue
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ľudský hlas
Ľudský hlas
1965 · Theatre Play
Princess of Cleves
Princess of Cleves
1961 · Writer, Adaptation
The Strange Ones
The Strange Ones
1950 · ★ 6.7 · Writer, Novel, Narrator (voice)
The Mystery of Oberwald
The Mystery of Oberwald
1981 · Theatre Play
The Human Voice
The Human Voice
2018 · Theatre Play
L'aigle à deux têtes
L'aigle à deux têtes
1975 · Theatre Play
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
1944 · Reciter (voice)
L'Amore
L'Amore
1948 · ★ 6.7 · Theatre Play
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Thomas the Impostor
Thomas the Impostor
1965 · Author, Scenario Writer, Dialogue
Musée Grévin
Musée Grévin
1958 · Self, a director
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997 · Self (archive footage)
America as Seen by a Frenchman
America as Seen by a Frenchman
1960 · Narrator (Afterword)
Comedy of Happiness
Comedy of Happiness
1940 · Adaptation
Oidipus Rex
Oidipus Rex
1988 · Opera
The Phantom Baron
The Phantom Baron
1943 · Writer, Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
The Storm Within
The Storm Within
1948 · Director, Writer, Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Villa Santo-Sospir
La Villa Santo-Sospir
1952 · Director, Self
Intimate Relations
Intimate Relations
1953 · Theatre Play
It Happened on the 36 Candles
It Happened on the 36 Candles
1957 · Self (uncredited)
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Beautiful
Beautiful
2002 · Theatre Play
The Human Voice
The Human Voice
1966 · Theatre Play
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
2020 · Self (archive footage)
In This Atrocious Garden
In This Atrocious Garden
1964 · Writer, Narrator (voice)
Writing 21 credits
Other credits 2 credits
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