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Jean Cocteau

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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Born:
Jul 5, 1889 In Maisons-Laffitte, France
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the movie The Blood of a Poet 1932-01-20
Latest Project:
Movie Daedalus 2024-07-17
Known For
Poster of Steel Cathedrals
Poster of 8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Poster of The Strange Ones
Filmography
Movie Daedalus Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) 2024-07-17
Movie Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments Self (archive footage) 2009-01-01
Movie To Each His Own Cinema Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage) 2007-10-31
Movie Callas Assoluta Self (archive footage) 2007-12-20
Movie Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths Self (archive footage) 1997-02-22
Movie Steel Cathedrals Self (voice) (archive footage) 1985-05-17
Movie Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown Self (archive footage) 1984-11-15
Movie Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000 Self 1962-06-12
Movie Testament of Orpheus The Poet 1960-02-18
Movie 8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements 1957-03-15
Movie It Happened on the 36 Candles Self (uncredited) 1957-10-16
Series Cinépanorama 1956-02-04
Movie Venom and Eternity Self 1951-04-20
Movie The Century Is Fifty Self 1950-03-16
Movie The Strange Ones Narrator (voice) 1950-03-29
Movie Orpheus Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1950-09-29
Movie Disorder Self 1950-12-02
Movie Daughter of the Sands Narrator (voice) 1949-01-11
Movie The Storm Within Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1948-12-01
Movie Beauty and the Beast The Voice of Magic (uncredited) 1946-10-29
Movie La Malibran Alfred de Musset 1944-05-03
Movie From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain Reciter (voice) 1944-05-04
Movie The Phantom Baron Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme 1943-06-16
Movie The Blood of a Poet Bit Part (uncredited) 1932-01-20