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.

Birthday

Jul 30, 1941

Place of birth

Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]

Deathday

May 19, 2022

Credited in

As cast

The Carabineers
As Soldier with Fish
Hi Mister Comolli
As
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
As
À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux
As
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67
As Self
Alphaville
As Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
No picture available
As himself
Suzanne’s Career
As Party Guest (uncredited)
Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne
As

As crew

The Red Shade
Role: Writer
The Red Shade
Role: Director
Heat of Desire
Role: Writer
Hiver 60
Role: Writer
Stray Bullets
Role: Writer
La Cecilia
Role: Writer
The Ghosts of May 68
Role: Director
La Cecilia
Role: Director
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
Role: Director
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
Role: Writer
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
Role: Director
Facing the Phantoms
Role: Director
La campagne de Provence
No picture available
Role: Director
Un Américain en Normandie
No picture available
Role: Director
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Role: Director
Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville
No picture available
Role: Director
Marseille en mars
No picture available
Role: Director
Rêves de France à Marseille
Role: Director
Nos deux Marseillaises
No picture available
Role: Director
Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral
No picture available
Role: Director
La question des alliances
No picture available
Role: Director
Marseille contre Marseille
Role: Director
Pétition
No picture available
Role: Director
L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini
No picture available
Role: Director
Les deux marseillaises
Role: Director
La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)
Role: Director
Filmer aujourd'hui
No picture available
Role: Director
L'affaire Sofri
No picture available
Role: Director
Le Concerto de Mozart
Role: Director
Naissance d'un hôpital
No picture available
Role: Director
Marseille entre deux tours
Role: Director
Totò, une anthologie
No picture available
Role: Director
Stray Bullets
Role: Director
En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien
No picture available
Role: Director
Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso
Role: Director
Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée
No picture available
Role: Director
Vivre et filmer en Hongrie
Role: Director
Chahine & Co
Role: Director
Retrato de Família
Role: Writer
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
No picture available
Role: Director
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
Role: Director