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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 Bernstei…
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- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- Discorama (1959) as Self
- Reflets de Cannes (1954) as Self
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978) as Self (archive footage)
- En direct de... (1956) as self
- Orpheus (1950) Director
- Beauty and the Beast (1946) Dialogue
- Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) as Self (archive footage)
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) as Self (segment "47 Ans Après") (archive footage)
- Testament of Orpheus (1960) Director
- The Human Voice (2020) Theatre Play
- Les Dames du bois de Boulogne (1945) Dialogue
- Daedalus (2024) as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
- L'Amore (1948) Theatre Play
- Opium (2013) Writer
- Black Crown (1951) Writer
- The Image Book (2018) as (archive footage)
- The Blood of a Poet (1932) Director
- The Eagle with Two Heads (1948) Writer
- The Strange Ones (1950) Novel
- The Century Is Fifty (1950) as Self
- Callas Assoluta (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Human Voice (2014) Story
- A Night at the Opera (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021) Cast
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Thomas the Impostor (1965) Scenario Writer
- It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957) as Self (uncredited)
- The Eternal Return (1943) Screenplay
- America as Seen by a Frenchman (1960) as Narrator (Afterword)
- The Human Voice (1966) Theatre Play
- La Malibran (1944) as Alfred de Musset
- Venom and Eternity (1952) as Self
- The Phantom Baron (1943) Writer
- Django Reinhardt (1957) Writer
- The Queen's Lover (1948) Adaptation
- The Mystery of Oberwald (1981) Theatre Play
- Disorder Is 20 Years Old (1967) as Self (archive footage)
- Anna the Maid (1958) Writer
- The Human Voice (2018) Writer
- From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain (1944) as Reciter (voice)
- Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- Comedy of Happiness (1940) Adaptation
- Le Bel Indifférent (1958) Theatre Play
- Musée Grévin (1958) as Self, a director
- Princess of Cleves (1961) Writer
- Jean Cocteau (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Human Voice (2018) Theatre Play
- The Storm Within (1948) Director
- Art of Style: Jean Cocteau (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Human Voice (2022) Original Story
- The Four-Poster Bed (1942) Screenplay
- Edwige Feuillère en scène (1992) Writer
- Le Bel Indifférent (1978) Writer
- La macchina da scrivere Creator
- The Eagle with Two Heads (2016) Original Story
- Les parents terribles (2022) Writer
- Parade Writer
- Oedipus Rex (1993) Writer
- La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952) Director
- Disorder (1950) as Self
- The Human Voice: A Story for Our Times (2020) Story
- The Human Voice (1979) Story
- The Human Voice (2018) Story
- 8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements (1957) Director
- Jean Cocteau, cinéaste (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- Steel Cathedrals (1985) as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- The Human Voice (2019) Writer
- Anna the Maid (1958) Writer
- Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown (1984) as Self (archive footage)
- Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Intimate Relations (1953) Theatre Play
- Eine Melodie - vier Maler (1955) as Self
- Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Iran Darroudi: The Painter of Ethereal Moments (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- The Human Voice (1990) Writer
- Merlín (1991) Writer
- L'aigle à deux têtes (1975) Theatre Play
- Cocteau—Al Brown: the Poet and the Boxer (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Cocteau and Company (2003) as Himself
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Most-watched Jean Cocteau films currently: Orpheus (1950), Beauty and the Beast (1946), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), Testament of Orpheus (1960), The Human Voice (2020).
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Selected TV credits: Cinépanorama (1956), Discorama (1959), Reflets de Cannes (1954), Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978), En direct de... (1956).
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