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 o
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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Born
Jul 05, 1889
Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
Died
Oct 11, 1963
Known For
Directing
Movies
53 acting
82 crew
Popularity
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Known For
Beauty and the Beast
1946
as The Voice of Magic (uncredited)
Orpheus
1950
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
Testament of Orpheus
1960
as Le poète
The Blood of a Poet
1932
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Strange Ones
1950
as Narrator (voice)
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