Comolli, Jean-Louis

(July 30, 1941, Philippe-ville [now Skikda], Algeria-)

   From 1962 to the present, he collaborates on Les Cahiers du Cinéma (he was chief editor of the re­view from 1966 to 1971). He published articles in such reviews as Trafic, Images documentaires, L'Image, Le Monde, and Jazz Magazine. He played in several movies (1963 Les Carabiniers / UK: The Soldiers / USA: The Riflemen, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy; La Boulangère de Monceau, short, Barbet Schroeder; La Carrière de Suzanne, short, Eric Rohmer; 1965 Alphaville, une étrange Aventure de Lemmy Caution / Agente Lemmy Caution, missione Alphaville / UK: Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution / Al-phaville, a Strange Case of Lemmy Caution / USA: Dick Tracy on Mars, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy; 1970 Elise ou la vraie Vie, Michel Drach, France / Algeria) and co-wrote films (1981 Plein Sud / Huida al sur / USA: Heat of Desire, Claude Miller, France / Spain; 1982 Hiver 60, Thierry Michel, Belgium; 1992 Retrato de familia, Lufs Galvâo Teles, Portugal / Luxembourg / Spain) and TV movies (1978 Le Voyage de Sélim, Régina Martial; 1981 Le Bidule, Régina Martial; Les Saltimbanques, Maurice Failevic; 1982 Fort comme la Mort, Gérard Chouchan; 1987 Bonne Chance Monsieur Pic!, Maurice Failevic; Le Buvard à l'envers, Pierre Boutron). He authored half a dozen books: 1971 Free Jazz / Black Power (co-author with Philippe Carles, reedited by Folio in 2000); 1994 Regards sur la Ville (co-author with Gérard Althabe, Supplémen­taires, BPI Centre Pompidou); Le Dictionnaire du Jazz (as co-author, Collection Bouquins, Robert Laffont); 1997 Arrêt sur Histoire (co-author with Jacques Ran-cière, Supplémentaires, BPI Centre Pompidou); 2001 Cinéma et Politique, 56-70 (co-author with Gérard Leblanc and Jean Narboni, BPI Centre Pompidou); 2004 Voir et pouvoir, Cinéma, Télévision, Fiction, Docu­mentaire, Textes et Interventions entre 1988 et 2003 (Editions Verdier).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Deux Marseillaises (documentary; co-director with André S. Labarthe; also actor)

        ◘ Comme je te veux (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Coup pour rien (short)

        ◘ La Femme enceinte et les Deux Syndicalistes (short)

1976 ◘ La Cécilia (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy; shot in 1974)

1978 ◘ Ce que l'on sème (short)

        ◘ Qui n'a rien n'est rien (short)

        ◘ Toto, une Anthologie (shot in 1978)

        ◘ L'Ombre rouge (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / West Germany)

1983 ◘ Balles perdues (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Tous pour un! (documentary)

        ◘ Marseille de Père en Fils—Ombres sur la Ville (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Marseille de Père en Fils—Coup de Mistral (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ La Campagne de Provence (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Marseille en Mars (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ La jeune Fille au Livre (documentary)

        ◘ Marseille contre Marseille (documentary)

        ◘ La Question des Alliances (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Concerto de Mozart (documentary; co-director with Francis Marmande)

        ◘ Nos Deux Marseillaises (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

2000 ◘ Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista (documentary; co-director with Ginette Lavigne)

2003 ◘ Rêves de France à Marseille (documentary; co-director with Michel Samson; also co-screenwriter, editor)

 Television Filmography

1968 ◘ Cinéastes de notre Temps (documentary; segment "Pierre Perrault—L'Action parlée")

        ◘ Carnets de Bal (documentary; episode "On ne va pas se quitter comme ça")

        ◘ Carnets de Bal (documentary; episodes "Har­monie", "Les Chemins du Retour")

        ◘ L'Ecole des Chefs (documentary)

        ◘ La France à la Carte (13 X 26')

        ◘ Le Bal d'Irène

        ◘ Tabarka 42-87 (documentary)

        ◘ Létition

1988 ◘ Kataev, la Classe du Maître (documentary)

1990 ◘ Belep danse autour de la Terre (documentary)

        ◘ Laul-Emile Victor: Un Rêveur dans le Siècle (3 X 52'; documentary)

1992 ◘ La Campagne de Provence (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Naissance d'un Hôpital (documentary)

        ◘ Une Semaine en Cuisine (documentary)

1993 ◘ La Jeune Fille au Livre

        ◘ Cinéastes de notre Temps (documentary; short; episode "Chahine and Co")

        ◘ La Vraie Vie (dans les Bureaux) (documentary)

        ◘ Dix Ans de Marseille (documentary; episode "Marseille en Mars"; also co-screenwriter)

1994 ◘ Un Américain en Normandie (Le Jour J de Samuel Fuller) (documentary)

        ◘ Musiques de Films: Georges Delerue (documentary)

1995 ◘ Rêve d'un Jour (documentary)

        ◘ Marseille contre Marseille (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

1995 ◘ Jours de Grève à Paris Nord (documentary; co-director with Ginette Lavigne)

1996 ◘ De Mère en Filles (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Concerto de Mozart (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

1997 ◘ La Question des Alliances (documentary also co-screenwriter)

1998 ◘ Leux de Rôles à Carpentras (documentary)

2001 ◘ L'Affaire Sofri (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Miquel Barcelo, des Trous et des Bosses (documentary)

2004 ◘ Les Esprits du Koniambo (en Terre Kanak) (documentary; co-director with Alban Bense)

2005 ◘ Le Peintre, le Poète et l'Historien (documentary; short)

2005 ◘ Vivre ensemble (documentary)

2007 ◘ La Dernière Utopie (La Télévision selon Rossel­lini) (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Reproduction, Reproduction (documentary; shot in 2003-2007)