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Jean Genet

b. 1910 — d. 1986 (aged 76) Paris, France

Director Writer

Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later took to writing. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers, and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.

Known For

Song of Love

Mademoiselle

Poison

Body of Deceit

Filmography

Si Talía fuera ciega

Body of Deceit

Film socialisme

Film socialisme

Quelques fleurs pour un chant d'amour

Quelques fleurs pour un chant d'amour

Jean je n'ai...

Jean Genet, c'était pas moi

Tout aura lieu sur fond de nuit

Serva e padrona

Genet à Chatila

Genet à Chatila

Un siècle d'écrivains

Un boxeur endormi

Poison

Walking a Tightrope

Walking a Tightrope

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

Am Anfang war der Dieb

1984 Self Director

Querelle

Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech

Black Mirror

Jean Genet: An Interview with Antoine Bourseiller

Poor Pretty Eddie

Poor Pretty Eddie

The Maids

The Conspiracy and the Dybbuk

Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy

Possession du condamné

Possession du condamné

Mademoiselle

Deathwatch

Pour le plaisir

The Balcony

Stuepigerne

Goubbiah... mon amour

Goubbiah... mon amour

Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Song of Love

1950 Actor Director Writer

Prisoner in Duo Fantasy

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