Jean Collet
French film critic (1932–2020)
Jean Collet (3 March 1932 – 11 November 2020) was a French writer, cinematic theorist, and university professor.
Jean Collet | |
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Born | 3 March 1932 |
Died | 11 November 2020 | (aged 88)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Writer |
Collet worked as a journalist for Télérama from 1959 to 1971 and at Cahiers du Cinéma from 1961 to 1968. In 1965, he began working as a movie critic for Études.[1]
Collet wrote many books on cinema. Most of his written works were about Jean-Luc Godard published by Éditions Seghers.[2]
He was a professor at the Paris Descartes University, the Centre Sèvres, and the Institut national de l'audiovisuel.[3]
Collet died on 11 November 2020 at the age of 88 years old.[4]
References
change- ↑ "Le critique et théoricien du cinéma Jean Collet est mort". CNC (in French). 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "L'historien et critique de cinéma Jean Collet est mort". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Mon ami Jean Collet". Mediapart (in French). 17 November 2020.
- ↑ "Décès du critique Jean Collet". La Croix (in French). 13 November 2020.