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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Directing

July 5, 1889 – October 11, 1963 (died at 74)
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Male
132 Movies
7 TV Shows

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.

Testament of Orpheus
Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

1960 7.6

as Le poète

Age 70 (now 74)
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946 7.5

as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)

Age 57 (now 74)
The Strange Ones
The Strange Ones

The Strange Ones

1950 6.7

as Narrator (voice)

Age 60 (now 74)
The Blood of a Poet
The Blood of a Poet

The Blood of a Poet

1932 7.0

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Age 42 (now 74)
The Image Book
The Image Book

The Image Book

2018 6.3

as (archive footage)

Age 129 (now 74)
America as Seen by a Frenchman
America as Seen by a Frenchman

America as Seen by a Frenchman

1960 6.9

as Narrator (Afterword)

Age 70 (now 74)
Orpheus
Orpheus

Orpheus

1950 7.6

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Age 61 (now 74)
The Storm Within
The Storm Within

The Storm Within

1948 6.6

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Age 59 (now 74)
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

1957 6.2
Age 67 (now 74)
The Phantom Baron
The Phantom Baron

The Phantom Baron

1943 6.3

as Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme

Age 53 (now 74)
Daughter of the Sands
Daughter of the Sands

Daughter of the Sands

1949 10.0

as Narrator (voice)

Age 59 (now 74)
La Malibran
La Malibran

La Malibran

1944 6.3

as Alfred de Musset

Age 54 (now 74)
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946 7.5

Dialogue

Age 57 (now 74)
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946 7.5

Screenplay

Age 57 (now 74)
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946 7.5

Director

Age 57 (now 74)
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946 7.5

Story

Age 57 (now 74)