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.

Directed

1. The Red Shade (1981) — Director
2. La Cecilia (1976) — Director
3. Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista (2000) — Director
4. Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire (2014) — Director
5. Marseille contre Marseille (1996) — Director
6. La campagne de Provence (1992) — Director
7. Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue (1995) — Director
8. Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville (1989) — Director
9. Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral (1989) — Director
10. Marseille en mars (1993) — Director
11. La question des alliances (1997) — Director
12. Nos deux Marseillaises (2001) — Director
13. Rêves de France à Marseille (2003) — Director
14. Les deux marseillaises (1968) — Director
15. Stray Bullets (1983) — Director
16. Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité (2020) — Director
17. The Ghosts of May 68 (2018) — Director
18. Facing the Phantoms (2009) — Director
19. Un Américain en Normandie (1994) — Director
20. Pétition (1987) — Director
21. L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini (2005) — Director
22. Filmer aujourd'hui (2010) — Director
23. La vraie vie (dans les bureaux) (1993) — Director
24. L'affaire Sofri (2001) — Director
25. Le Concerto de Mozart (1997) — Director
26. Naissance d'un hôpital (1991) — Director
27. Marseille entre deux tours (2016) — Director
28. Totò, une anthologie (1978) — Director
29. En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien (1968) — Director
30. Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée (1968) — Director
31. Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso (1969) — Director
32. Vivre et filmer en Hongrie (1971) — Director
33. Chahine & Co (1992) — Director
34. À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma (2011) — Director
35. Marseille de père en fils (partie 1: Ombres sur la ville) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Alphaville (1965) — Prof. Jeckell (uncredited)
2. Suzanne’s Career (1963) — Party Guest (uncredited)
3. The Carabineers (1963) — Soldier with Fish
4. Hi Mister Comolli (2023)
5. Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité (2020)
6. À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux (2013)
7. Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 (1967) — Self
8. À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma (2011) — himself
9. Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne (1969)
10. Pour le plaisir (1964) — Self
11. Ciné regards (1978) — Self