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Jean Cocteau
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Life & Death

Died aged 74
Also known as장 콕토, Jean Maurice Eugène Clément CocteauGenderMaleNationalityFranceBorn05/07/1889Born inMaison Laffitte, Yvelines, FranceDied11/10/1963 (aged 74)Died inMilly-la-ForêtCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ83158 ↗Buried atChapelle Saint-Blaise-des-SimplesTMDb#9730 ↗

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and highly influential on the Surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. The National Observer suggested that "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man".

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Filmography33 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024DaedalusMovieSampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)135
2022Charles Trenet, l'enchanteurMovieSelf (archive footage)133
2021Morceaux de CannesMovie—132
2021Correspondances : Jean Cocteau - Pablo PicassoMovieSelf (archive footage)132
2020A Night at the OperaMovieSelf (archive footage)131
2020Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the BoxerMovieSelf (archive footage)131
2018Art of Style: Jean CocteauMovieSelf (archive footage)129
2009Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal MomentsMovieSelf (archive footage)120
2007Callas AssolutaMovieSelf (archive footage)118
2007To Each His Own CinemaMovieSelf (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)118
2006The Last Days of an Icon: Edith PiafMovie—117
2001Jean Cocteau, cinéasteMovieSelf (archive footage)112
1997Jean Cocteau: Lies and TruthsMovieSelf (archive footage)108
1985Steel CathedralsMovieSelf (voice) (archive footage)96
1984Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an UnknownMovieSelf (archive footage)95
1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSeriesSelf (archive footage)89
1964Pour le plaisirSeriesSelf75
1963The Infernal MachineMovieSelf (voice)74
1962Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000MovieSelf73
1960Testament of OrpheusMovieLe poète71
1960America as Seen by a FrenchmanMovieNarrator (Afterword)71
1959DiscoramaSeriesSelf70
1956CinépanoramaSeriesSelf67
1955Eine Melodie - vier MalerMovieSelf66
1954Reflets de CannesSeriesSelf65
1952La Villa Santo-SospirMovieSelf63
1951ColetteMovieHimself62
1950The Century Is FiftyMovieSelf61
1950OrpheusMovieNarrator (voice) (uncredited)61
1949Daughter of the SandsMovieNarrator (voice)60
1944From Joan of Arc to Philippe PétainMovieReciter (voice)55
1944La MalibranMovieAlfred de Musset55
1943The Phantom BaronMovieLe baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme54