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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Cocteau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Directed 10
1960s
- 1962
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Director
- 1960
1950s
- 1957
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Director
- 1952
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Director
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
The Eagle with Two Heads
Director
- 1946
1930s
- 1932
The Blood of a Poet
Director
1920s
- 1925
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
Director
Wrote 54
2020s
- 2022
Les parents terribles
Writer, Dialogue
The Human Voice
Original Story
- 2021
The Human Voice
Writer
The Human Voice
Story
- 2020
The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times
Story
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
2010s
- 2019
The Human Voice
Writer
- 2018
Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
Writer
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
The Human Voice
Story
The Human Voice
Writer
- 2016
The Eagle with Two Heads
Original Story
The Human Voice
Story
- 2014
Human Voice
Story
- 2013
Opium
Writer
2000s
- 2002
Beautiful
Theatre Play
1990s
- 1999
La Voix Humaine
Writer
- 1993
Oedipus Rex
Writer
- 1992
Edwige Feuillère en scène
Writer
- 1990
The Human Voice
Writer
1980s
- 1989
La Voix Humaine: Tragédie Lyrique en un Acte
Writer
- 1985
The Human Voice
Story
- 1981
The Mystery of Oberwald
Theatre Play
1970s
- 1979
The Human Voice
Story
- 1978
La Voce Umana
Story
Le Bel Indifférent
Writer
- 1971
The Human Voice
Book
1960s
- 1966
The Human Voice
Theatre Play
- 1965
Thomas the Impostor
Scenario Writer, Author, Dialogue
- 1964
In This Atrocious Garden
Writer
- 1963
The Infernal Machine
Theatre Play
- 1962
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Writer
- 1961
Princess of Cleves
Writer, Adaptation
- 1960
1950s
- 1958
Le Bel Indifférent
Theatre Play
Anna the Maid
Writer
Anna the Maid
Writer
- 1957
- 1953
Intimate Relations
Theatre Play
- 1951
Black Crown
Writer
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
L'Amore
Theatre Play
The Eagle with Two Heads
Writer, Theatre Play
- 1946
- 1945
- 1943
The Eternal Return
Screenplay
The Phantom Baron
Writer
- 1942
The Four-Poster Bed
Screenplay
- 1940
Comedy of Happiness
Adaptation
1930s
- 1932
The Blood of a Poet
Writer
No release date
Parade
Writer
Acted in 14
2020s
- 2024
Daedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
- 2021
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
2010s
- 2018
2000s
- 2006
The Last Days of an Icon: Edith Piaf
Movie
1960s
- 1962
In Search of Marcel Proust
Movie
- 1960
Beyond the Riviera
Movie
1950s
- 1957
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Movie
1940s
- 1946
- 1944
From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain
Reciter (voice)
- 1943
The Phantom Baron
Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
1930s
- 1932
The Blood of a Poet
Bit Part (uncredited)
1920s
- 1925
Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema
Movie
Edited 1
1930s
- 1932
The Blood of a Poet
Editor
Appearances41
2020s
- 2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2024
Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
- 2022
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
Correspondances : Jean Cocteau - Pablo Picasso
Self (archive footage)
- 2020
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2018
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
- 2011
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Self (archive footage)
- 2007
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
- 2006
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
Cocteau and Company
Himself
- 2001
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1997
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Self (archive footage)
- 1996
Great Writers: Jean Cocteau
Self
1980s
- 1984
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1964
In This Atrocious Garden
Narrator (voice)
Pour le plaisir
Self · 2 episodes
Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau
Self
- 1963
The Infernal Machine
Self (voice)
- 1962
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
Self
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Self
- 1960
America as Seen by a Frenchman
Narrator (Afterword)
1950s
- 1959
Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau
Himself
- 1958
Musée Grévin
Self, a director
- 1957
It Happened on the 36 Candles
Self (uncredited)
- 1956
En direct de...
self · 1 episode
- 1955
Around the World with Orson Welles
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 1954
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 4 episodes
- 1952
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Self
Venom and Eternity
Self
- 1951
Colette
Himself
- 1950
Disorder
Self
The Century Is Fifty
Self
1940s
- 1949
Daughter of the Sands
Narrator (voice)
- 1948