
Jean Cocteau
- Date of Birth: 1889-07-05
- Date of Death: 1963-10-11
- Place of Birth: Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
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 ... 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.

A Night at the Opera
Documentary, Music • 2020 September

The Image Book
Drama, Documentary • 2018 October

The Phantom Baron
Drama • 1943 June

Cocteau et compagnie
• 2025 July

8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
Fantasy • 1957 March

La Malibran
Comedy, Drama • 1944 May

Eine Melodie - vier Maler
Animation, Documentary • 1955 January

Disorder
Documentary • 1950 December

Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments
Documentary • 2009 January

It Happened on the 36 Candles
Comedy • 1957 October