Jean-Louis Comolli
Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]

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.

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Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité (2020)
Director
Les Fantômes de Mai 68 (2018)
Director
L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini (2005)
Director
La question des alliances (1997)
Director
Chahine & Co (1993)
Director
Marseille en mars (1993)
Director
Retrato de Família (1991)
Writer
Pétition (1987)
Director
Hiver 60 (1983)
Writer
Stray Bullets (1983)
Director | Writer
The Red Shade (1981)
Director | Writer
Heat of Desire (1981)
Writer
Totò, une anthologie (1978)
Director
La Cecilia (1976)
Director | Writer
Vivre et filmer en Hongrie (1971)
Director
Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso (1969)
Director
Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée (1968)
Director
En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien (1968)
Director