About

Known credits:
117
Birthday:
1889-07-05
Place of birth:
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
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Jean Cocteau

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2024 Jean Cocteau Actor Self N/A
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2024 Daedalus Actor Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited) 59
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2020 A Night at the Opera Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2020 Cocteau - Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2018 Art of Style: Jean Cocteau Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2018 The Image Book Actor (archive footage) 59
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2009 Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2007 Callas Assoluta Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2007 To Each His Own Cinema Actor Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage) 60
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2006 Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or Actor self N/A
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1997 Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1996 Great Writers: Jean Cocteau Actor Self N/A
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1985 Steel Cathedrals Actor Self (voice) (archive footage) N/A
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1984 Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1967 Disorder Is 20 Years Old Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1964 In This Atrocious Garden Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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1964 Portrait Souvenir: Jean Cocteau Actor Self N/A
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1962 Marcel Proust - Portrait Souvenir Actor Self N/A
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1962 Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000 Actor Self 59
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1960 Beyond the Riviera Actor N/A
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1960 America as Seen by a Frenchman Actor Narrator (Afterword) 59
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1960 Testament of Orpheus Actor The Poet 62
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1959 Toute la vérité, rien que la vérité : Jean Cocteau Actor Himself N/A
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1958 Musée Grévin Actor Self, a director N/A
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1957 It Happened on the 36 Candles Actor Self (uncredited) 58
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1957 8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements Actor 58
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1955 Eine Melodie - vier Maler Actor Self 59
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1952 La Villa Santo-Sospir Actor Self 59
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1951 Venom and Eternity Actor Self 59
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1950 Disorder Actor Self 58
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1950 Orpheus Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 64
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1950 The Strange Ones Actor Narrator (voice) 60
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1950 The Century Is Fifty Actor Self N/A
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1949 Daughter of the Sands Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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1948 The Storm Within Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 59
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1946 Beauty and the Beast Actor The Voice of Magic (uncredited) 67
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1946 Black Friendship Actor Narrator N/A
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1944 From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain Actor Reciter (voice) N/A
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1944 La Malibran Actor Alfred de Musset 59
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1943 The Phantom Baron Actor Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme 59
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1932 The Blood of a Poet Actor Bit Part (uncredited) 62
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1925 Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema Actor N/A
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Cocteau et compagnie Actor Himself 59
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Directing
1962 Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000 Directing Director 59
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1960 Testament of Orpheus Directing Director 62
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1957 8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements Directing Director 58
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1952 La Villa Santo-Sospir Directing Director 59
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1950 Orpheus Directing Director 64
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1948 The Storm Within Directing Director 59
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1948 The Eagle with Two Heads Directing Director 59
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1947 Rhythm of Africa Directing Director N/A
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1946 Beauty and the Beast Directing Director 67
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1932 The Blood of a Poet Directing Director 62
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1925 Jean Cocteau Makes Cinema Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2022 The Human Voice Writing Original Story N/A
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2021 The Human Voice Writing Writer N/A
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2021 The Human Voice Writing Story N/A
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2020 The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times Writing Story N/A
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2020 The Human Voice Writing Theatre Play 61
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2019 The Human Voice Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle Writing Writer N/A
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2018 The Human Voice Writing Theatre Play 58
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2018 The Human Voice Writing Story N/A
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2018 The Human Voice Writing Writer N/A
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2016 The Human Voice Writing Story N/A
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2014 Human Voice Writing Story 59
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2013 Opium Writing Writer 58
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2009 Blues Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2002 Beautiful Writing Theatre Play 59
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1992 Edwige Feuillère en scène Writing Writer N/A
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1991 Merlín Writing Writer 59
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1990 The Human Voice Writing Writer N/A
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1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Writing Theatre Play 68
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1985 The Human Voice Writing Story N/A
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1981 The Mystery of Oberwald Writing Theatre Play 58
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1979 The Human Voice Writing Story N/A
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1979 La Dame de Monte-Carlo Writing Original Story N/A
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1978 La Voce Umana Writing Story N/A
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1978 Le Bel Indifférent Writing Writer 59
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1975 L'aigle à deux têtes Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1971 The Human Voice Writing Book N/A
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1966 The Human Voice Writing Theatre Play 59
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1965 Thomas the Impostor Writing Dialogue 59
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1965 Thomas the Impostor Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1965 Thomas the Impostor Writing Author 59
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1965 Ľudský hlas Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1964 In This Atrocious Garden Writing Writer 59
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1962 Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000 Writing Writer 59
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1961 Princess of Cleves Writing Writer 58
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1961 Princess of Cleves Writing Adaptation 58
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1960 Testament of Orpheus Writing Writer 62
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1958 Le Bel Indifférent Writing Theatre Play 58
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1958 Anna the Maid Writing Writer N/A
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1958 Anna the Maid Writing Writer N/A
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1957 Django Reinhardt Writing Writer 58
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1954 Pantomimes Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 Intimate Relations Writing Theatre Play 59
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1951 Black Crown Writing Writer 58
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1950 Orpheus Writing Writer 64
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1950 The Strange Ones Writing Writer 60
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1950 The Strange Ones Writing Novel 60
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1948 The Storm Within Writing Writer 59
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1948 Love Writing Novel 60
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1948 The Eagle with Two Heads Writing Writer 59
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1948 The Eagle with Two Heads Writing Theatre Play 59
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1948 The Queen's Lover Writing Adaptation 59
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1946 Beauty and the Beast Writing Screenplay 67
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1946 Beauty and the Beast Writing Dialogue 67
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1946 Beauty and the Beast Writing Story 67
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1946 Black Friendship Writing Writer N/A
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1945 Les Dames du bois de Boulogne Writing Dialogue 60
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1943 The Eternal Return Writing Screenplay 59
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1943 The Phantom Baron Writing Writer 59
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1942 The Four-Poster Bed Writing Screenplay 58
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1940 Comedy of Happiness Writing Adaptation 59
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1932 The Blood of a Poet Writing Writer 62
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Editing
1932 The Blood of a Poet Editing Editor 62
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