Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Known for Directing · 57 credits

Born
1889-07-05
Died
1963-10-11
Place of birth
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Also known as
장 콕토 · Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau

Biography

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.

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Known For

TV Shows (6)

Movies (51)

To Each His Own Cinema
Movie

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)

Orpheus
Movie

Orpheus

1950

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Beauty and the Beast
Movie

Beauty and the Beast

1946

as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)

La Malibran
Movie

La Malibran

1944

as Alfred de Musset

Morceaux de Cannes
Movie

Morceaux de Cannes

2021

Testament of Orpheus
Movie

Testament of Orpheus

1960

as Le poète

The Blood of a Poet
Movie

The Blood of a Poet

1932

as Bit Part (uncredited)

The Strange Ones
Movie

The Strange Ones

1950

as Narrator (voice)

The Image Book
Movie

The Image Book

2018

as (archive footage)

Daedalus
Movie

Daedalus

2024

as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

Musée Grévin
Movie

Musée Grévin

1958

as Self, a director

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie

Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas

2026

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera
Movie

A Night at the Opera

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Callas Assoluta
Movie

Callas Assoluta

2007

as Self (archive footage)

The Century Is Fifty
Movie

The Century Is Fifty

1950

as Self

Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
Movie

Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir

1962

as Self

Venom and Eternity
Movie

Venom and Eternity

1952

as Self

Disorder
Movie

Disorder

1950

as Self

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
Movie

From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain

1944

as Reciter (voice)

Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Movie

Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments

2009

as Self (archive footage)

The Phantom Baron
Movie

The Phantom Baron

1943

as Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme

Daughter of the Sands
Movie

Daughter of the Sands

1949

as Narrator (voice)

Jean Cocteau
Movie

Jean Cocteau

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Eine Melodie - vier Maler
Movie

Eine Melodie - vier Maler

1955

as Self

America as Seen by a Frenchman
Movie

America as Seen by a Frenchman

1960

as Narrator (Afterword)

Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Movie

Art of Style: Jean Cocteau

2018

as Self (archive footage)

The Storm Within
Movie

The Storm Within

1948

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Movie

Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

1997

as Self (archive footage)

It Happened on the 36 Candles
Movie

It Happened on the 36 Candles

1957

as Self (uncredited)

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Movie

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Movie

Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur

2022

as Self (archive footage)

The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
Movie

The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf

2006

Disorder Is 20 Years Old
Movie

Disorder Is 20 Years Old

1967

as Self (archive footage)

Steel Cathedrals
Movie

Steel Cathedrals

1985

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Movie

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

1957

In Search of Marcel Proust
Movie

In Search of Marcel Proust

1962

La Villa Santo-Sospir
Movie

La Villa Santo-Sospir

1952

as Self

Beyond the Riviera
Movie

Beyond the Riviera

1960

Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Movie

Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Cocteau and Company
Movie

Cocteau and Company

2003

as Himself

Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Movie

Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Movie

Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000

1962

as Self

In This Atrocious Garden
Movie

In This Atrocious Garden

1964

as Narrator (voice)

Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
Movie

Great Writers: Jean Cocteau

1996

as Self

The Infernal Machine
Movie

The Infernal Machine

1963

as Self (voice)

Black Friendship
Movie

Black Friendship

1946

as Narrator

Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
Movie

Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema

1925

Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
Movie

Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
Movie

Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown

1984

as Self (archive footage)

Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
Movie

Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau

1964

as Self

Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
Movie

Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau

1959

as Himself

About 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, Pa… With 57 credits spanning from 1925 to 2026, Jean Cocteau has appeared in 51 films and 6 TV shows.

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