About
Jean Douchet (January 19, 1929 – November 22, 2019) was a French film director, historian, film critic and teacher who began his career in the early 1950s at Gazette du Cinéma and Cahiers du cinema with members of the future French New Wave. As a journalist Douchet wrote extensively about New Wave filmmakers, as well as such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, F. W. Murnau, Kenji Mizoguchi, Vincente Minnelli, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Daniel Pollet. He enabled Serge Daney to begin working for Cahiers. He also acted in small roles for such directors as Godard, Rohmer, François Truffaut, Jean Eustache, Jacques Rivette, Jean Pierre Lefebvre and François Ozon. He taught at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques and his students included Ozon, Émilie Deleuze and Xavier Beauvois. He was also involved with the Cinémathèque Française and regularly hosts screenings and...
Known for
Ciné regardsSeries • 1978
BreathlessMovie • 1960
The 400 BlowsMovie • 1959
ElleMovie • 2016
Queen MargotMovie • 1994
The Mother and the WhoreMovie • 1973
Céline and Julie Go BoatingMovie • 1974
A Brutal GameMovie • 1983
God's ComedyMovie • 1996
SitcomMovie • 1998
The Spousals of GodMovie • 1999
Don't Forget You're Going to DieMovie • 1996
Les Bonnes FemmesMovie • 1960
Six in ParisMovie • 1965
A Dirty StoryMovie • 1977