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Michel Ciment

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Michel Ciment

Born
Died
(aged 85)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Credits
32 titles

Biography

Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif.

Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI.

Ciment participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Earrings of Madame de..., Fellini's Casanova, Persona, Providence, The Rules of the Game, Salvatore Giuliano, Sansho the Bailiff, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Trouble in Paradise.

Source: Article "Michel Ciment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Acting credits 31

YearTitleRole
TBA Rencontre entre Jerry Schatzberg & Michel Ciment Film
2025 A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard Film Self
2024 The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France Film Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic
2023 Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open Film Self (interview)
2022 Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage Film
2022 Stanleyandus - a Kubrick odyssey TV self (3 ep)
2020 Kubrick by Kubrick Film Self (archive footage)
2019 An American Named Kazan Film Self
2018 About The Salesman Film
2017 Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon' Film Self
2017 Le Prédateur et la proie Film Himself
2017 John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma Film Self - Host
2017 The Man Who Killed John Wayne Film Self
2016 M présenté par Michel Ciment Film
2013 Seduced and Abandoned Film Self
2010 Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies Film Michel Ciment
2010 RKO, A Story made in Hollywood Film Himself
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Film Self (archive footage)
2008 Joseph Losey and the Criminal Film
2008 Critic Film Self
2004 The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth Film Self
2004 Leçon de Cinéma TV Self - Host (1 ep)
2003 Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living Film Self
1999 Stanley and Us Film Self
1983 All About Mankiewicz Film Self
1982 Elia Kazan: An Outsider Film Self - Host
1982 Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder Film Self / Interviewer
1978 Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake Film Self
1978 Ciné regards TV Self (5 ep)
1975 Apostrophes TV Self (1 ep)
1974 Spécial cinéma TV Self (2 ep)

Crew credits 3

YearTitleJob
2017 Le Prédateur et la proie Film Director
1984 Success Is the Best Revenge Film Writer
1982 Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder Film Director
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