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Jean Cocteau
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
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…
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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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2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2024
Jean Cocteau
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Daedalus
Movie Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
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2022
Les parents terribles
Movie Writer
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2022
The Human Voice
Movie Original Story
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2022
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
The Human Voice
Movie Writer
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2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
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2021
The Human Voice
Movie Story
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2020
The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times
Movie Story
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2020
A Night at the Opera
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
The Human Voice
Movie Theatre Play
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2020
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
The Human Voice
Movie Writer
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2018
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
The Image Book
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2018
The Human Voice
Movie Theatre Play
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2018
The Human Voice
Movie Writer
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2018
The Human Voice
Movie Story
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2016
The Eagle with Two Heads
Movie Original Story
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2016
The Human Voice
Movie Story
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2014
Human Voice
Movie Story
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2013
Opium
Movie Writer
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2011
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Blues
Movie Theatre Play
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2007
Callas Assoluta
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
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2006
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Cocteau and Company
Movie Himself
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2002
Beautiful
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2001
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
La Voix Humaine
Movie Writer
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1997
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
Movie Self
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1993
Oedipus Rex
Movie Writer
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1992
Edwige Feuillère en scène
Movie Writer
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1991
Merlín
Movie Writer
