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, 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.
Known for
WritingBirthday
July 5, 1889Deathday
October 11, 1963Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
98Place of birth
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, FranceAlso known as
장 콕토, Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau
Cast credits
Beauty and the Beast
The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
Testament of Orpheus
The Poet
Les Enfants Terribles
Narrator (voice)
Venom and Eternity
Self
La Malibran
Alfred de Musset
8 X 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown
Self (archive footage)
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Self
Callas Assoluta
Self (archive footage)
The Century Is Fifty
Self
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Self (archive footage)
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Self
Art of Style: Jean Cocteau
Self (archive footage)
The Blood of a Poet
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Phantom Baron
Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
The Storm Within
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir
SelfCrew credits
Beauty and the Beast
Story, Dialogue, Screenplay, Director
Orpheus
Director, Writer
The Blood of a Poet
Writer, Director, Editor
Testament of Orpheus
Writer, Director
Les Enfants Terribles
Novel, Writer
The Storm Within
Director, Writer
La Villa Santo-Sospir
Director
Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000
Writer, Director
The Eagle with Two Heads
Writer, Director, Theatre Play
Black Crown
Writer
The Eternal Return
Screenplay
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
Dialogue
Princess of Cleves
Adaptation, Writer
Comedy of Happiness
Adaptation
La Voix humaine
Writer
Opium
Writer
Edwige Feuillère en scène
Writer
The Four-Poster Bed
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