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Jean-Louis Comolli

Jean-Louis Comolli

Director · 1941–2022 · Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]

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Biography

Jean-Louis Comolli is a French filmmaker, screenwriter and writer, born in 1941 in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria). After working for Les Cahiers du Cinéma from 1962 to 1978, of which he was editor in chief from 1966 to 1971, he became a director of fiction and documentaries. Also a journalist for Jazz Magazine, he has co-written or edited several books on jazz. His multiple works and his theoretical thinking on cinema have nourished many filmmakers and documentary lovers. He died on May 19, 2022.

Directed 17

2020s

  1. 2020

    Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité

    Director

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Ghosts of May 68

    Director

  2. 2016

    Marseille entre deux tours

    Director

  3. 2014

    Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire

    Director

2000s

  1. 2009

    Facing the Phantoms

    Director

  2. 2003

    Rêves de France à Marseille

    Director

  3. 2000

    Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista

    Director

1990s

  1. 1997

    Le Concerto de Mozart

    Director

  2. 1996

    Marseille contre Marseille

    Director

  3. 1995

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Director

  4. 1992

    Chahine & Co

    Director

1980s

  1. 1983

    Stray Bullets

    Director

  2. 1981

    The Red Shade

    Director

1970s

  1. 1976

    La Cecilia

    Director

  2. 1971

    Vivre et filmer en Hongrie

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso

    Director

  2. 1968

    Les deux marseillaises

    Director

Acted in 7

2020s

  1. 2023

    Hi Mister Comolli

    Movie

  2. 2020

    Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2013

    À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux

    Movie

1960s

  1. 1969

    Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne

    Movie

  2. 1965
  3. 1963

    The Carabineers

    Soldier with Fish

  4. Suzanne's Career

    Party Guest (uncredited)

Wrote 7

2000s

  1. 2000

    Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1991

    Retrato de Família

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1983
  2. Stray Bullets

    Writer

  3. 1981

    The Red Shade

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1976

    La Cecilia

    Writer

Appearances2

1960s

  1. 1964

    Pour le plaisir

    Self · 1 episode