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French writer, editor, and film editor (1941–2022)

Jean-Louis Comolli
Jean-Louis Comolli in 2018
Born(1941-07-30)30 July 1941
Philippeville, French Algeria, France
Died19 May 2022(2022-05-19) (aged 80)
France
Occupation(s)Film critic, director, screenwriter

Jean-Louis Comolli (30 July 1941 – 19 May 2022) was a French writer, editor, and film director.

Career

Comolli was editor in chief of Cahiers du cinéma from 1966 to 1978, during which period he wrote the influential essays "Machines of the Visible" (1971) and "Technique and Ideology: Camera, Perspective, Depth of Field" (1971–72), 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.

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 taught film theory at the Universities of Paris VIII, Barcelona, Strasburg and Genève.

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.

Select filmography

Select bibliography

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

References

  1. Mort de Jean-Louis Comolli, critique et documentariste (in French)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Cahier du Monde Sunday 4/Monday 5 May 2008, n° 19680

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Preceded byJean Narboni Editor of Cahiers du cinéma
1966–1971
With: Jean Narboni 		Succeeded byJean Narboni
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