Jean-Louis Comolli
Director
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.
As Director
La Cecilia
1976
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
2000
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
2014
Marseille contre Marseille
1996
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
2020
The Ghosts of May 68
2018
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 - Coup de mistral
1989Filmography
Alphaville
as Prof. Jeckell (uncredited) 1965
Suzanne’s Career
as Party Guest (uncredited) 1963
Les Carabiniers
as Soldier with Fish 1963
Hi Mister Comolli
2023
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
2020
À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux
2013
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67
as Self 1967
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
as himself 2011