Jean-Louis Comolli
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2020Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
Director
2018The Ghosts of May 68
Director
2016Marseille entre deux tours
Director
2014Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
Director
2009Facing the Phantoms
Director
2003Rêves de France à Marseille
Director
2000Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
Director & Writer
1997Le Concerto de Mozart
Director
1996Marseille contre Marseille
Director
1995Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Director
1993La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)
Director
1992Chahine & Co
Director
1991Retrato de Família
Writer
1983Hiver 60
Writer
1983Stray Bullets
Director & Writer
1981The Red Shade
Director & Writer
1981Heat of Desire
Writer
1976La Cecilia
Director & Writer
1971Vivre et filmer en Hongrie
Director
1969Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso
Director
1968Les deux marseillaises
Director