Jean-Louis Comolli

Jean-Louis Comolli (born 30 July 1941) is a French writer, editor,

and film director. He was editor in chief of Cahiers du cinéma from
Jean-Louis Comolli
1966 to 1978,[1] during which period he wrote the influential essays Born 30 July 1941
"Machines of the Visible" (1971) and "Technique and Ideology: Philippeville, Algeria
Camera, Perspective, Depth of Field" (1971-2), both of which have Occupation film critic, director,
been translated in English anthologies of film and media studies. This
screenwriter
work was important in the discussion on apparatus theory, an attempt
to rethink cinema as a site for the production and maintenance of
dominant state ideology in the wake of May 1968.

After his tenure at Cahiers, Comolli continued his work as a director and has since published numerous works
on film theory, documentary, and jazz. He currently teaches film theory at the Universities of Paris VIII,
Barcelona, Strasburg and Genève.[1]

In the spring of 2008, Comolli was invited to the Visions du réel documentary film festival in Nyon,
Switzerland, where he developed his theory of documentary cinema.[2]

Contents
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External links
References

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1968 : Les deux Marseillaises (co-director : André S. Labarthe)
1969 : Comme je te veux
1975 : La Cecilia
1981 : L'Ombre rouge
1983 : Balles perdues
1986 : Le Bal d'Irène (TV)
1987 : Pétition (TV)
1989 : Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral
1989 : Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville
1992 : La Campagne de Provence
1993 : Marseille en mars
1994 : Jeune fille au livre
1995 : Georges Delerue (TV)
1996 : Marseille contre Marseille
1997 : Nos deux Marseillaises
 1997 : La Question des alliances
2000 : Durruti, portrait d'un anarchiste
2003 : Rêves de France à Marseille
2004 : Les Esprits du Koniambo (TV)
2005 : Le Peintre, le poète et l'historien (TV)

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"Machines of the Visible." in Electronic Culture: Technology and Visual Representation, ed.
Timothy Druckrey. Aperture Press (1996 [1971]).
"Technique and Ideology: Camera, Perspective, Depth of Field.” in Narrative, Apparatus,
Ideology: A Film Theory Reader, ed. Philip Rosen. Columbia University Press (1986 [1972]).

External links
Audio interview with Jean-Louis Comolli (in French) (https://web.archive.org/web/20110929155
652/http://www.arkepix.com/kinok/Jean-Louis%20COMOLLI/comolli_interview.html)

Media offices
Editor of Cahiers du
Preceded by cinéma Succeeded by
Jean Narboni 1966–1971 Jean Narboni
With: Jean Narboni

References
1. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110722065827/http://www.vivofilm.it/?p=944&l
ang=en). Archived from the original (http://www.vivofilm.it/?p=944&lang=en) on 22 July 2011.
Retrieved 11 September 2009.
2. Cahier du Monde Sunday 4/Monday 5 May 2008, n° 19680

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