Jean-Louis Comolli
Biography
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.
Acting (8 movies)
Directing (34 movies)
The Red Shade
1981
The Ghosts of May 68
2018
La Cecilia
1976
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
2000
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
2014
Facing the Phantoms
2009
La campagne de Provence
1992
Un Américain en Normandie
1994
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
1995
Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville
1989
Marseille en mars
1993
Rêves de France à Marseille
2003
Nos deux Marseillaises
2001
Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral
1989
La question des alliances
1997
Marseille contre Marseille
1996
Pétition
1987
L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini
2005
Les deux marseillaises
1968
La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)
1993
Filmer aujourd'hui
2010
L'affaire Sofri
2001
Le Concerto de Mozart
1997
Naissance d'un hôpital
1991
Marseille entre deux tours
2016
Totò, une anthologie
1978
Stray Bullets
1983
En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien
1968
Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso
1969
Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée
1968
Vivre et filmer en Hongrie
1971
Chahine & Co
1992
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
2011
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
2020
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| La Cecilia | 1976 | Writer |
| Heat of Desire | 1981 | Writer |
| The Red Shade | 1981 | Writer |
| Stray Bullets | 1983 | Writer |
| Hiver 60 | 1983 | Writer |
| Retrato de Família | 1991 | Writer |
| Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista | 2000 | Writer |