Jean Collet

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Jean Collet (3 March 1932 – 11 November 2020) was a French writer, cinematic theorist, and university professor.

Jean Collet
Jean Collet
Born3 March 1932
Died11 November 2020(2020-11-11) (aged 88)
NationalityFrench
OccupationWriter

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

  1. "Le critique et théoricien du cinéma Jean Collet est mort". CNC (in French). 13 November 2020.
  2. "L'historien et critique de cinéma Jean Collet est mort". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 16 November 2020.
  3. "Mon ami Jean Collet". Mediapart (in French). 17 November 2020.
  4. "Décès du critique Jean Collet". La Croix (in French). 13 November 2020.