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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Personal Details

• Born: 1889-07-05 in Maison Laffitte, Yvelines, France
• Known For: Directing

Jean Cocteau Movies List

Looking for Jean Cocteau movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Beauty and the Beast (1946)
• Orpheus (1950)
• The Blood of a Poet (1932)
• To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
• Testament of Orpheus (1960)
• The Strange Ones (1950)
• The Image Book (2018)
• The Storm Within (1948)
• Venom and Eternity (1952)
• La Villa Santo-Sospir (1952)

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