
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 |






