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 1966 to 1978,[1] during which period he wrote the influential essays "Machines of the Visible" (1971) and "Technique and Ideology: Camera, Perspective, Depth of Field" (1971-2), both of which have been translated in English anthologies of film and media studies. This 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.

Jean-Louis Comolli
Born(1941-07-30)30 July 1941
Philippeville, Algeria
Occupationfilm critic, director, screenwriter

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]

Select filmography
  • 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)

Select bibliography
  • "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]).
Media offices
Preceded by
Jean Narboni		 Editor of Cahiers du cinéma
1966–1971
With: Jean Narboni		 Succeeded by
Jean Narboni

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Cahier du Monde Sunday 4/Monday 5 May 2008, n° 19680
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