Jean Douchet

Jean Douchet

Known for
Acting
Born
January 19, 1929
Died
November 22, 2019 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France

Biography

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 events. For the Cinémathèque's 2010 tribute to the then recently deceased Éric Rohmer he made the documentary Claude et Éric, an interview with Claude Chabrol about Rohmer's early days at Cahiers du cinema. On November 22, 2019, the Cinémathèque Française announced that Jean Douchet had died at age 90. Source: Article "Jean Douchet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

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Filmography

2018
"Pierrot le Fou" par Jean Douchet

"Pierrot le Fou" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2018
Claude Chabrol's Eye poster

Claude Chabrol's Eye

Movie · as Self

2018
"Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss" par Jean Douchet

"Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2018
"Heat" par Jean Douchet

"Heat" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2017
Jean Douchet, Restless Child poster

Jean Douchet, Restless Child

Movie · as Self

2017
My Story Is Not Yet Written poster

My Story Is Not Yet Written

Movie · as Self

2017
HHH par 5 : Une analyse de Jean Douchet poster

HHH par 5 : Une analyse de Jean Douchet

Movie

2017
"Carlito's Way" par Jean Douchet

"Carlito's Way" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2017
"Blackhat" par Jean Douchet

"Blackhat" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2016
Elle poster

Elle

Movie · as Party Guest

2016
"Body Double" par Jean Douchet

"Body Double" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2015
"Three's a Crowd" par Jean Douchet - mars 2015

"Three's a Crowd" par Jean Douchet - mars 2015

Movie

2015
"Three's a Crowd" par Jean Douchet - décembre 2015

"Three's a Crowd" par Jean Douchet - décembre 2015

Movie

2015
Cher André S. Labarthe poster

Cher André S. Labarthe

Movie · as Self

2015
"Persona" par Jean Douchet

"Persona" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2015
"Manhunter" par Jean Douchet

"Manhunter" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2014
"Matins calmes à Séoul" par Jean Douchet

"Matins calmes à Séoul" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2014
La photo poster

La photo

Movie · as Self

2014
"The Lightship" par Jean Douchet

"The Lightship" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2014
"4:44 Last Day of Earth" par Jean Douchet poster

"4:44 Last Day of Earth" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2013
"Faust" par Jean Douchet

"Faust" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2013
"Spring Breakers" par Jean Douchet

"Spring Breakers" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2012
"Viaggio in Italia" par Jean Douchet

"Viaggio in Italia" par Jean Douchet

Movie

2012
Jean Douchet analyse « Vivre sa vie » de Jean-Luc Godard au cinéma Devosge de Dijon poster

Jean Douchet analyse « Vivre sa vie » de Jean-Luc Godard au cinéma Devosge de Dijon

Movie · as Self

2011
Jean Douchet analyse "Deux" de Werner Schroeter à la Cinémathèque française poster

Jean Douchet analyse "Deux" de Werner Schroeter à la Cinémathèque française

Movie · as Self

2011
Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer poster

Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer

Movie · as Self

2011
Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma poster

Les Enfants Terribles du Cinéma

Movie · as Self

2008
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker? poster

Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

Movie · as Self

2008
Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story poster

Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story

Movie · as Self

2007
Godard, Love and Poetry poster

Godard, Love and Poetry

Movie · as Self

2006
Gardens in Autumn poster

Gardens in Autumn

Movie · as Le père de l'huissier

2006
Une histoire de la Nouvelle Vague

Une histoire de la Nouvelle Vague

Movie

2003
Seuls sont les indomptés poster

Seuls sont les indomptés

Movie · as Lui-même

1999
The Spousals of God poster

The Spousals of God

Movie · as Bardamu

1998
Sitcom poster

Sitcom

Movie · as Psychotherapist

1996
Don't Forget You're Going to Die poster

Don't Forget You're Going to Die

Movie · as Jean-Paul

1996
God's Comedy poster

God's Comedy

Movie · as Antoine Doinel

1994
Éric Rohmer, preuves à l’appui

Éric Rohmer, preuves à l’appui

Movie · as Self - Interviewer

1994
Queen Margot poster

Queen Margot

Movie

1993
Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste poster

Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste

Movie · as Self - Interviewer

1992
North poster

North

Movie · as Christian, boss of the pharmacy

1983
A Brutal Game poster

A Brutal Game

Movie · as Le Professeur Marchal

1982
Employment Offer poster

Employment Offer

Movie · as Le directeur

1981
Cocktail Morlock poster

Cocktail Morlock

Movie · as Self

1980
Cinématon n°66 : Jean Douchet poster

Cinématon n°66 : Jean Douchet

Movie · as Self

1980
Cinématon VII

Cinématon VII

Movie · as N°66

1978
Cinématon poster

Cinématon

Movie · as N°66

1977
A Dirty Story poster

A Dirty Story

Movie

1977
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died poster

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died

Movie · as The Politician

1976
Henry James Stories

Henry James Stories

TV · 1 ep

1975
The Adventures of Sylvia Couski poster

The Adventures of Sylvia Couski

Movie

1974
Céline and Julie Go Boating poster

Céline and Julie Go Boating

Movie · as M'sieur Dede

1973
The Mother and the Whore poster

The Mother and the Whore

Movie · as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)

1969
Looking Back on Boudu Saved from Drowning poster

Looking Back on Boudu Saved from Drowning

Movie · as Self

1965
Six in Paris poster

Six in Paris

Movie · as A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)

1965
Place de l'Étoile poster

Place de l'Étoile

Movie · as A client (uncredited)

1960
Breathless poster

Breathless

Movie · as A Journalist (uncredited)

1960
Les Bonnes Femmes poster

Les Bonnes Femmes

Movie · as Customer (uncredited)

1959
The 400 Blows poster

The 400 Blows

Movie · as L'amant de Gilberte (non crédité)