Jean Douchet

Personal Info

Birthday

January 19, 1929

Day of Death

2019-11-22

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France

Jean Douchet

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.

Known For

Breathless

The 400 Blows

Elle

The Mother and the Whore

Céline and Julie Go Boating

Sitcom

Cinématon

A Brutal Game

Filmography

2018
Claude Chabrol's Eye
as Self
2017
My Story Is Not Yet Written
as Self
Jean Douchet, Restless Child
as Self
2016
Elle
as Party Guest
2015
Cher André S. Labarthe
as Self
2014
La photo
as Self
2012
Jean Douchet analyse « Vivre sa vie » de Jean-Luc Godard au cinéma Devosge de Dijon
as Self
2011
Jean Douchet ou l’art d’aimer
as Self
Jean Douchet analyse "Deux" de Werner Schroeter à la Cinémathèque française
as Self
2010
Sodankylä Forever
as Self
2008
Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?
as Self
Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story
as Self
2007
Godard, Love and Poetry
as Self
2006
Gardens in Autumn
as Le père de l'huissier
2003
Seuls sont les indomptés
as Lui-même
1999
As Bodas de Deus
as Bardamu
1998
Sitcom
as Psychotherapist
1996
God's Comedy
as Antoine Doinel
Don't Forget You're Going to Die
as Jean-Paul
1994
Éric Rohmer, preuves à l’appui
as Self - Interviewer
1993
Claude Chabrol, l'entomologiste
as Self - Interviewer
1992
North
as Christian, boss of the pharmacy
1983
A Brutal Game
as Le Professeur Marchal
1982
Employment Offer
as Le directeur
1981
Cocktail Morlock
as Self
1980
Cinématon VII
as N°66
Cinématon n°66 : Jean Douchet
as Self
1978
Cinématon
as N°66
1974
Céline and Julie Go Boating
as M'sieur Dede
1973
The Mother and the Whore
as Café de Flore's Customer (uncredited)
1969
Looking Back on Boudu Saved from Drowning
as Self
1965
Six in Paris
as A Client (segment "Place de l'Etoile") (uncredited)
Place de l'Étoile
as A client (uncredited)
1960
The Good Girls
as customer (uncredited)
Breathless
as A Journalist (uncredited)
1959
The 400 Blows
as Gilberte's Lover (uncredited)