Jean Cocteau

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French person film director human librettist novelist playwright poet screenwriter stage director visual artist

Jean Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, playwright, filmmaker, and visual artist known for his influential contributions to 20th-century avant-garde art and cinema.

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Label Occurrences
Jean Cocteau canonical 23
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French person ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stage director ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
awardReceived Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Commander of the Legion of Honour
burialPlace Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples, Milly-la-Forêt, France ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
collaboratedWith Édith Piaf ⓘ
surface form: Edith Piaf

Erik Satie ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
Pablo Picasso ⓘ
Sergei Diaghilev ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1889-07-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1963-10-11 ⓘ
dateOfElection 1955-03-03 ⓘ
describedAs one of the most influential figures of 20th-century French avant-garde art and cinema ⓘ
familyName Cocteau ⓘ
fullName Jean Cocteau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau
genre drama ⓘ
experimental film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Jean ⓘ
hasSignature signature of Jean Cocteau ⓘ
influenced François Truffaut ⓘ
French New Wave ⓘ
surface form: French New Wave cinema

Jean-Luc Godard ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf Académie française ⓘ
movement Dada ⓘ
surface form: Dada (influenced by)

Surrealism ⓘ
avant-garde ⓘ
notableWork beauty and the beast ⓘ
surface form: La Belle et la Bête

La voix humaine ⓘ
surface form: La Voix humaine

Le Sang d’un poète ⓘ
Le Testament d’Orphée ⓘ
Les Enfants terribles ⓘ
Les Parents terribles ⓘ
L’Aigle à deux têtes ⓘ
Orphée ⓘ
Thomas l’imposteur ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
partner Jean Marais ⓘ
placeOfBirth Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexualOrientation homosexual ⓘ
workedFor Ballets Russes ⓘ

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La voix humaine → librettist → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Cimetière de Levallois-Perret → hasNotableBurial → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Mougins → associatedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
The Little Review → hasContributor → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Lycée Condorcet → hasAlumni → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Surrealist Group in Paris → hasMember → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Francis Poulenc → associatedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Jean Cocteau → fullName → Jean Cocteau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau
Elle → createdBy → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
subject surface form: Elle (La voix humaine)
Elle → librettoBy → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
subject surface form: Elle (La voix humaine)
Parade → librettist → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Parade → collaborator → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Georges Auric → collaboratedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Erik Satie → collaboratedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
La Rotonde → frequentedBy → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Charles de Noailles → associatedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Jean Marais → partner → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Roland Petit → collaboratedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
French cinema → notableDirector → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
French theatre → hasKeyFigure → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Christian Bérard → collaboratedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Henri Alekan → collaboratedWith → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Larry Fessenden → influencedBy → Jean Cocteau ⓘ
Rue du Cardinal-Lemoine → hasNotableResident → Jean Cocteau ⓘ