Jean-Louis Comolli

Known for: Directing
Born: July 30, 1941, Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]
Died: May 19, 2022
Movies: 46

Jean-Louis Comolli is a French filmmaker, screenwriter and writer, born in 1941 in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria). After working for Les Cahiers du Cinéma from 1962 to 1978, of which he was editor in chief from 1966 to 1971, he became a director of fiction and documentaries. Also a journalist for Jazz Magazine, he has co-written or edited several books on jazz. His multiple works and his theoretical thinking on cinema have nourished many filmmakers and documentary lovers. He died on May 19, 2022.

Best-Known Movies

6.9

Alphaville

1965

6.5

Suzanne's Career

1963

6.5

The Carabineers

1963

5.2

The Red Shade

1981

5.6

Heat of Desire

1981

7.1

La Cecilia

1976

8.1

Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista

2000

6.5

Hi Mister Comolli

2023

6.2

Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire

2014

8.5

Marseille contre Marseille

1996

Filmography

2023	Hi Mister Comolli
2020	Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
2013	À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux
2011	À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma	himself
1969	Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne
1967	Festivals 66 Cinéma 67	Self
1965	Alphaville	Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)
1963	The Carabineers	Soldier with Fish
1963	Suzanne's Career	Party Guest (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2020	Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité	Director
2018	The Ghosts of May 68	Director
2016	Marseille entre deux tours	Director
2014	Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire	Director
2011	À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma	Director
2010	Filmer aujourd'hui	Director
2009	Facing the Phantoms	Director
2005	L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini	Director
2003	Rêves de France à Marseille	Director
2001	Nos deux Marseillaises	Director
2001	L'affaire Sofri	Director
2000	Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista	Director, Writer
1997	La question des alliances	Director
1997	Le Concerto de Mozart	Director
1996	Marseille contre Marseille	Director
1995	Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue	Director
1994	Un Américain en Normandie	Director
1993	Marseille en mars	Director
1993	La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)	Director
1992	La campagne de Provence	Director
1992	Chahine & Co	Director
1991	Retrato de Família	Writer
1991	Naissance d'un hôpital	Director
1989	Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville	Director, Writer
1989	Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral	Director
1987	Pétition	Director
1983	Hiver 60	Writer
1983	Stray Bullets	Writer, Director
1981	The Red Shade	Writer, Director
1981	Heat of Desire	Writer
1978	Totò, une anthologie	Director
1976	La Cecilia	Writer, Director
1971	Vivre et filmer en Hongrie	Director
1969	Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso	Director
1968	Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée	Director
1968	Les deux marseillaises	Director
1968	En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien	Director

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