
Jean-Louis Comolli
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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.
Known for
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Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville (1989)
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Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire (2014)
Director

Marseille contre Marseille (1996)
Director

Stray Bullets (1983)
Director

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue (1995)
Director

Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité (2020)
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Marseille entre deux tours (2016)
Director

The Red Shade (1981)
Director

Rêves de France à Marseille (2003)
Director

Facing the Phantoms (2009)
Director
La campagne de Provence (1992)
Director

Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista (2000)
Director

Les deux marseillaises (1968)
Director

The Ghosts of May 68 (2018)
Director

La Cecilia (1976)
Director
Pétition (1987)
Director
Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée (1968)
Director
La vraie vie (dans les bureaux) (1993)
Director
À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma (2011)
Director

Le Concerto de Mozart (1997)
Director
En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien (1968)
Director

Vivre et filmer en Hongrie (1971)
Director
Naissance d'un hôpital (1991)
Director

Chahine & Co (1992)
Director
Un Américain en Normandie (1994)
Director
Marseille en mars (1993)
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L'affaire Sofri (2001)
Director

Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso (1969)
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La question des alliances (1997)
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Totò, une anthologie (1978)
Director
Nos deux Marseillaises (2001)
Director
Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral (1989)
Director
L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini (2005)
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Marseille de père en fils (partie 1: Ombres sur la ville) (—)
Director
Filmer aujourd'hui (2010)
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