Jean Douchet

Biography

Jean Douchet (January 19, 1929 – November 22, 2019) was a French film director, historian, film critic and teacher who began his career in the early 1950s at Gazette du Cinéma and Cahiers du cinema with members of the future French New Wave. As a journalist Douchet wrote extensively about New Wave filmmakers, as well as such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, F. W. Murnau, Kenji Mizoguchi, Vincente Minnelli, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Daniel Pollet. He enabled Serge Daney to begin working for Cahiers. He also acted in small roles for such directors as Godard, Rohmer, François Truffaut, Jean Eustache, Jacques Rivette, Jean Pierre Lefebvre and François Ozon. He taught at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques and his students included Ozon, Émilie Deleuze and Xavier Beauvois. He was also involved with the Cinémathèque Française and regularly hosts screenings and events. For the Cinémathèque's 2010 tribute to the then recently deceased Éric Rohmer he made the documentary Claude et Éric, an interview with Claude Chabrol about Rohmer's early days at Cahiers du cinema. On November 22, 2019, the Cinémathèque Française announced that Jean Douchet had died at age 90. …

Movies & TV Shows

1. The 400 Blows (1959) — L'amant de Gilberte (non crédité)
2. Breathless (1960) — A Journalist (uncredited)
3. Elle (2016) — Party Guest
4. Queen Margot (1994)
5. The Mother and the Whore (1973) — Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)
6. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) — M'sieur Dede
7. Sitcom (1998) — Psychotherapist
8. Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) — Customer (uncredited)
9. Six in Paris (1965) — A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
10. A Dirty Story (1977)
11. A Brutal Game (1983) — Le Professeur Marchal
12. God's Comedy (1996) — Antoine Doinel
13. Don't Forget You're Going to Die (1996) — Jean-Paul
14. The Spousals of God (1999) — Bardamu
15. Gardens in Autumn (2006) — Le père de l'huissier
16. The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (1975)
17. North (1992) — Christian, boss of the pharmacy
18. Cinématon (1978) — N°66
19. The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (1977) — The Politician
20. Jean Douchet, Restless Child (2017) — Self
21. Godard, Love and Poetry (2007) — Self
22. Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma (2011) — Self
23. "Matins calmes à Séoul" par Jean Douchet (2014)
24. "Three's a Crowd" par Jean Douchet - mars 2015 (2015)
25. "Faust" par Jean Douchet (2013)
26. "Three's a Crowd" par Jean Douchet - décembre 2015 (2015)
27. Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste (1993) — Self - Interviewer
28. "Spring Breakers" par Jean Douchet (2013)
29. Éric Rohmer, preuves à l’appui (1994) — Self - Interviewer
30. "Pierrot le Fou" par Jean Douchet (2018)
31. "Viaggio in Italia" par Jean Douchet (2012)
32. Employment Offer (1982) — Le directeur
33. Place de l'Étoile (1965) — A client (uncredited)
34. La photo (2014) — Self
35. My Story Is Not Yet Written (2017) — Self
36. Seuls sont les indomptés (2003) — Lui-même
37. Henry James Stories (1976)
38. Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker? (2008) — Self
39. Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story (2008) — Self
40. Jean Douchet analyse « Vivre sa vie » de Jean-Luc Godard au cinéma Devosge de Dijon (2012) — Self

Directed

1. Six in Paris (1965) — Director
2. Le mannequin de Belleville (1962) — Director
3. Et crac…! (1969) — Director
4. Éric Rohmer, preuves à l’appui (1994) — Director
5. La serva amorosa (1996) — Director
6. Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1965) — Director
7. Alexandre Astruc, l'ascendant taureau (1967) — Director
8. À bicyclette (2009) — Director
9. Titus-Carmel, un profil (1987) — Director
10. La jeune femme et la mort (1972) — Director
11. Postface à Tire-au-Flanc (1969) — Director
12. En répétant Perceval (1978) — Director
13. Witnesses to a Film Shoot (2004) — Director
14. Une histoire de la Nouvelle Vague (2006) — Director
15. Ciné regards (1978) — Director