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name: "Jean-Louis Comolli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-louis-comolli"
fi1m_id: "jean-louis-comolli"
imdb_id: "nm0173916"
tmdb_id: 548814
wikidata_id: "Q446583"
roles: []
born: "30 July 1941"
died: "19 May 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:51:06.861987+00:00"
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# Jean-Louis Comolli

## Identity

Jean-Louis Comolli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-louis-comolli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-louis-comolli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0173916
- **TMDB ID:** 548814
- **Wikidata ID:** Q446583
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Comolli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446583, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173916/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/548814

Director. Born 30 July 1941 in Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]. Died 19 May 2022.

## Details

- **Born:** 30 July 1941, Philippeville - Constantine - France - [now Skikda, Algeria]
- **Died:** 19 May 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Comolli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446583, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173916/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/548814

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Alphaville*](https://film.one/film/alphaville.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jean-Louis Comolli (30 July 1941 – 19 May 2022) was a French film critic, editor, director and screenwriter. Born in Philippeville (now Skikda), Algeria, he contributed to *Cahiers du cinéma* from 1962 to 1978 and was editor-in-chief from 1966 to 1971.

He directed fiction films such as *Les Deux Marseillaises* (1968, co-directed with André S. Labarthe), *La Cecilia* (1975) and *L'Ombre rouge* (1981), alongside many documentaries, frequently collaborating with Michel Samson on political subjects set in Marseille. Comolli also wrote on jazz for *Jazz Magazine* and co-authored books on the topic. He appeared uncredited as Prof. Jeckell in Jean-Luc Godard's *Alphaville* (1965).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alphaville* (1965), Fi1m 78, as Prof. Jeckell (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/alphaville.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hi Mister Comolli* (2023), Actor
- *Nicolas Philibert, Hasard et Nécessité* (2020), Director
- *The Ghosts of May 68* (2018), Director
- *Marseille entre deux tours* (2016), Director
- *Cinéma documentaire, Fragments d'une histoire* (2014), Director
- *À Fellini, romance d'un spectateur amoureux* (2013), Actor
- *À voir absolument: 1963-1973 Dix années aux Cahiers du Cinéma* (2011), Director
- *Filmer aujourd'hui* (2010), Director
- *Facing the Phantoms* (2009), Director
- *L'ultima utopia: la televisione secondo Rossellini* (2005), Director
- *Rêves de France à Marseille* (2003), Director
- *Nos deux Marseillaises* (2001), Director
- *L'affaire Sofri* (2001), Director
- *Buenaventura Durruti, anarquista* (2000), Director, Writer
- *La question des alliances* (1997), Director
- *Le Concerto de Mozart* (1997), Director
- *Marseille contre Marseille* (1996), Director
- *Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue* (1995), Director
- *Un Américain en Normandie* (1994), Director
- *Marseille en mars* (1993), Director
- *La vraie vie (dans les bureaux)* (1993), Director
- *La campagne de Provence* (1992), Director
- *Chahine & Co* (1992), Director
- *Retrato de Família* (1991), Writer
- *Naissance d'un hôpital* (1991), Director
- *Marseille de père en fils - Ombres sur la ville* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Marseille de père en fils - Coup de mistral* (1989), Director
- *Pétition* (1987), Director
- *Hiver 60* (1983), Writer
- *Stray Bullets* (1983), Writer, Director
- *The Red Shade* (1981), Writer, Director
- *Heat of Desire* (1981), Writer
- *Totò, une anthologie* (1978), Director
- *La Cecilia* (1976), Writer, Director
- *Vivre et filmer en Hongrie* (1971), Director
- *Le jeune cinéma hongrois : Miklos Jancso* (1969), Director
- *Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne* (1969), Actor
- *Pierre Perrault - L'action parlée* (1968), Director
- *Les deux marseillaises* (1968), Director
- *En passant par le Québec : le jeune cinéma canadien* (1968), Director
- *Alphaville* (1965), as Prof. Jeckell (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/alphaville.md)
- *The Carabineers* (1963), as Soldier with Fish
- *Suzanne’s Career* (1963), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Marseille de père en fils (partie 1: Ombres sur la ville)*, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Prix François Mauriac (Aquitaine) 2018: Prix François Mauriac (Aquitaine) (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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