Jean Cocteau

Born 05 July, 1889 ( 137 years old) in Houses, Laffite, Yvelines, France .

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February 06, 2021

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Biography


If he saw the cinema as "the temple of sex, with its goddesses, its guardians and its victims" , Jean Cocteau nevertheless left his mark on this art form with his imprint full of poetry. Director, actor, poet, novelist, painter, lyricist and decorator, this jack-of-all-trades was born on July 5, 1889, and he was just 6 years old when he discovered cinema and theater. Starting to write at the age of 10, he saw his first collection of poems published in 1908, shortly after being expelled from his high school for indiscipline.

Without a baccalaureate in his pocket, he began to frequent various artistic circles, even if poetry still remained his favorite form of expression, and we find it when he tried his hand at the 7th Art. A baptism of fire which also took place in 1925, with a short soberly titled Jean Cocteau fait du cinéma. An experience that went unanswered for a few years, until he tackled his first feature film: The Blood of a Poet. Here again, a title that fits perfectly with his personality, for a film that also reveals his taste for the fantastic.

Leaving the big screen for the boards during the 1930s, he also saw his cinematographic momentum a little broken by the Second World War, during which he played an ambiguous role. Accused of collaboration with the Germans, however, he wrote the scripts for Baron fantôme (1942), L'Éternal retour (1943) and Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945), and returned behind the camera once the conflict was over, to stage his masterpiece: Beauty and the Beast, an adaptation as faithful as it is poetic of the tale of the same name.

In addition to earning him the definitive recognition of the milieu, "Beauty and the Beast" marks a turning point in Jean Cocteau's cinematographic career, since the film gives him the opportunity to direct Jean Marais, who will become his companion at the same time as his favorite actor. His very muse, since the actor will be showing in all his subsequent feature films, starting with L'Aigle à deux tête and Les Parents terribles (not to be confused with Les Enfants terribles, for which Cocteau wrote the screenplay for after his own novel, but which will be directed by Jean-Pierre Melville), which also came out at the end of the decade.

Jean Marais who will also be the hero of the two following feature films by Jean Cocteau: Orphée and its sequel, Le Testament d'Orphée, released in 1950 and 1960 respectively. In the meantime, the director will have directed two short films (Coriolan and 8x8), chaired the Jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 1953, 1954 and 1957, but above all he abandoned cinema for poetry, which he never abandoned even when he transcribed his universe in images.

Back in business on the big screen in the early 1960s, he wrote the scripts for The Princess of Cleves and Thomas the Impostor but, above all, his last feature film, The Testament of Orpheus, which can also appear to be his own. Died of a heart attack on October 11, 1963, just 12 hours after Edith Piaf, for whom he had once written a play, Jean Cocteau continues to inspire the world of show business, both through his writings and his imagination.
Author: Maximilien Pierrette


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Director


Year Title Job Spectators rating
1962 Jean Cocteau addresses the year 2000 Short film Director 3.1
1960 The Testament of Orpheus Director 3.5
1957 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements Director -
1952 La Villa Santo Sospir Short film Director 3.1
1950 Coriolan Short film Director -
1950 Orpheus Director 4.1
1948 The Terrible Parents Director 3.3
1947 The two-headed eagle Director 3.2
1946 The beauty and the Beast Director 4.0
1930 The Blood of a Poet Director 3.5
1925 Jean Cocteau makes cinema Short film Director -

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Actor


Year Title Role Spectators rating
1976 Sing under the Occupation Himself -
1960 The Testament of Orpheus The poet Jean Cocteau 3.5
1958 Grévin Museum Short film Himself -
1957 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements - -
1954 Pantomimes Short film The narrator -
1952 La Villa Santo Sospir Short film - 3.1
1951 Treatise on drool and eternity - 3.5
1950 Coriolan Short film - -
1950 The Terrible Children Narrator 3.3
1950 Orpheus Narrator 4.1
1948 The Terrible Parents The narrator 3.3
1946 The beauty and the Beast Voice of the loan shark 4.0
1943 From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain (voice) 3.0
1943 The Malibran Alfred de Musset 2.5
1942 The Ghost Baron Baron Julius Carol, the ghost baron 3.2

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Scriptwriter


Year Title Job Spectators rating
2003 The Terrible Parents Scriptwriter -
1983 Human voice Scriptwriter -
1965 Thomas the impostor Scriptwriter 3.0
1961 The Princess of Cleves Scriptwriter 2.7
1960 The Testament of Orpheus Scriptwriter 3.5
1954 Pantomimes Short film Scriptwriter -
1950 The Terrible Children Scriptwriter 3.3
1950 Orpheus Scriptwriter 4.1
1948 The Terrible Parents Scriptwriter 3.3
1948 Ruy Blas Scriptwriter 2.6
1947 The two-headed eagle Scriptwriter 3.2
1946 The beauty and the Beast Scriptwriter 4.0
1945 The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne Scriptwriter 3.6
1943 The Eternal Return Scriptwriter 3.3
1942 The Ghost Baron Scriptwriter 3.2
1930 The Blood of a Poet Scriptwriter 3.5

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Technical team


Year Title Job Spectators rating
2020 The Human Voice Short film From the work of -
2013 Opium From the work of 2.8
2003 The Terrible Parents From the work of -
2003 The Terrible Parents From the work of -
1988 Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown From the work of 3.6
1983 Orpheus From the work of -
nineteen eighty one The Mystery of Oberwald From the work of 2.9
1975 The two-headed eagle From the work of 3.0
1966 The Human Voice From the work of -
1965 Thomas the impostor From the work of Dialoguiste 3.0
1957 The Bel Indifferent From the work of 3.3
1951 The Black Crown From the work of 2.9
1948 Out and back Short film Costume designer -
1948 Amore From the work of 3.2
1948 The Terrible Parents From the work of Dialoguiste 3.3

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Awards


French fantasy cinema (edition 1) 2012
Appointed Ghosts and ghosts in: Orphée

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Net Worth


Jean Cocteau 's estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below.

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Jean Cocteau Net Worth 2022

Jean Cocteau 's revenue is $1.5M in 2022. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Jean Cocteau and could vary in the range between $631.1K - $1.3M.

Year Estimation
December 2022 $55K - $152.1K
November 2022 $45.9K - $85.8K
October 2022 $70.7K - $134.6K
September 2022 $45.1K - $126.3K
August 2022 $66K - $120.3K
July 2022 $64.7K - $128.7K
June 2022 $75.4K - $120.4K
May 2022 $72.2K - $126.5K
April 2022 $59.1K - $109.9K
March 2022 $80.6K - $103.5K
February 2022 $75.6K - $103.7K
January 2022 $56.7K - $99K

 

Jean Cocteau Net Worth 2021

Jean Cocteau 's revenue is $1.4M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Jean Cocteau and could vary in the range between $785.2K - $1.7M.

Year Estimation
December 2021 $53.4K - $104.6K
November 2021 $47.1K - $83.7K
October 2021 $60.3K - $163.1K
September 2021 $59.3K - $89.3K
August 2021 $62.8K - $145.6K
July 2021 $81.4K - $126.9K
June 2021 $57.6K - $100.3K
May 2021 $63.2K - $163.6K
April 2021 $70.1K - $142K
March 2021 $60.5K - $158.6K
February 2021 $58.5K - $166.6K
January 2021 $64.3K - $105.2K

 

Jean Cocteau Net Worth 2020

Jean Cocteau 's revenue is $1.7M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Jean Cocteau and could vary in the range between $637.7K - $1.9M.

Year Estimation
December 2020 $76.3K - $90.3K
November 2020 $56.7K - $164.6K
October 2020 $66.1K - $112K
September 2020 $43.5K - $127.4K
August 2020 $43.5K - $139.7K
July 2020 $71.3K - $162.5K
June 2020 $57.2K - $115.6K
May 2020 $78.8K - $117.7K
April 2020 $58.2K - $102.8K
March 2020 $76.4K - $127.5K
February 2020 $60.5K - $118.1K
January 2020 $78.6K - $153.2K

 

Jean Cocteau Net Worth 2019

Jean Cocteau 's revenue is $1.1M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Jean Cocteau and could vary in the range between $886.6K - $1.4M.

Year Estimation
December 2019 $63.5K - $141.7K
November 2019 $65.8K - $125.4K
October 2019 $44.6K - $91.1K
September 2019 $67.3K - $119.3K
August 2019 $71.4K - $91K
July 2019 $51.7K - $107.3K
June 2019 $62.5K - $108.8K
May 2019 $77.8K - $127.2K
April 2019 $52.3K - $131.3K
March 2019 $66.7K - $101.9K
February 2019 $47.8K - $95.9K
January 2019 $45.8K - $154.4K

 

Jean Cocteau Net Worth 2018

Jean Cocteau 's revenue is $2M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Jean Cocteau and could vary in the range between $847.5K - $1.1M.

Year Estimation
December 2018 $68.8K - $121K
November 2018 $55.3K - $165.6K
October 2018 $54.7K - $123.8K
September 2018 $77.3K - $145.3K
August 2018 $65.5K - $161.1K
July 2018 $76K - $155.7K
June 2018 $45.7K - $115.8K
May 2018 $69.8K - $106.5K
April 2018 $79.8K - $113.5K
March 2018 $47.7K - $162.6K
February 2018 $44K - $136.8K
January 2018 $50K - $156.2K

 

Jean Cocteau Net Worth 2017

Jean Cocteau 's revenue is $1.9M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Jean Cocteau and could vary in the range between $732.8K - $2M.

Year Estimation
December 2017 $53.7K - $86.9K
November 2017 $59.3K - $143.8K
October 2017 $83.3K - $149.9K
September 2017 $52.5K - $148.6K
August 2017 $59.8K - $108.6K
July 2017 $48.1K - $163.5K
June 2017 $44.7K - $85K
May 2017 $54.2K - $129.2K
April 2017 $58.3K - $84.5K
March 2017 $71.1K - $124.7K
February 2017 $75.6K - $109K
January 2017 $64.5K - $89.1K

 

Jean Cocteau Net Worth 2016

Jean Cocteau 's revenue is $1.8M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Jean Cocteau and could vary in the range between $719.2K - $1.7M.

Year Estimation
December 2016 $55.4K - $88.8K
November 2016 $76K - $165.6K
October 2016 $67.4K - $144.9K
September 2016 $71.5K - $104.4K
August 2016 $80.2K - $111.1K
July 2016 $46.2K - $94.9K
June 2016 $47.8K - $144.6K
May 2016 $60.4K - $158.1K
April 2016 $47.5K - $137.9K
March 2016 $60.8K - $160.8K
February 2016 $51.9K - $86.7K
January 2016 $58.3K - $118.3K

 

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