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.
The Carabineers
(Soldier with Fish)
Hi Mister Comolli
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67
(Self)
Alphaville
(Prof. Jeckell (uncredited))
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
(himself)
Suzanne’s Career
(Party Guest (uncredited))
Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne
The Red Shade
(Writer)
The Red Shade
(Director)
Heat of Desire
(Writer)
Hiver 60
(Writer)
Stray Bullets
(Writer)
La Cecilia
(Writer)
Les Fantômes de Mai 68
(Director)
La Cecilia
(Director)
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
(Writer)
Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista
(Director)
Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire
(Director)
Facing the Phantoms
(Director)
La campagne de Provence
(Director)
Un Américain en Normandie
(Director)
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
(Director)
Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral
(Director)
Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville
(Director)
Marseille en mars
(Director)
Nos deux Marseillaises
(Director)
La question des alliances
(Director)
Marseille contre Marseille
(Director)
Rêves de France à Marseille
(Director)
Pétition
(Director)
L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini
(Director)
Les deux marseillaises
(Director)
La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)
(Director)
Filmer aujourd'hui
(Director)
Naissance d'un hôpital
(Director)
L'affaire Sofri
(Director)
Le Concerto de Mozart
(Director)
Marseille entre deux tours
(Director)
Totò, une anthologie
(Director)
Stray Bullets
(Director)
Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée
(Director)
En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien
(Director)
Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso
(Director)
Vivre et filmer en Hongrie
(Director)
Chahine & Co
(Director)
Retrato de Família
(Writer)
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma
(Director)
Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité
(Director)