Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 30
Movies 29
Writer 20
self 8
TV Shows 1
Self (archive footage)
Little Girl Blue (2023)
Movie
Writer
If Thalia Were Blind (2021)
Movie
Self - Writer (archive footage)
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
Movie
Writer
Body of Deceit (2017)
Movie
Writer
Die Zofen (2008)
Movie
Writer
Quelques fleurs pour un chant d'amour (2006)
Movie
Writer
Mistress and Maid (2003)
Movie
Writer
Genet à Chatila (1999)
Movie
Writer
Walking a Tightrope (1991)
Movie
Writer
Poison (1991)
Movie
Writer
Le sphinx (1986)
Movie
Writer
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud (1985)
Movie
Novel
Querelle (1982)
Movie
Self
Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech (1982)
Movie
Writer
Black Mirror (1981)
Movie
Self
Jean Genet: An Interview with Antoine Bourseiller (1981)
Movie
Writer
Jean Genet: Saint, martyr et poète (1975)
Movie
Writer
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
Movie
Writer
The Maids (1975)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Apostrophes (1975)
TV
Self
Mayday (1970)
Movie
Self
Angela Davis Is at Your Mercy (1970)
Movie
Writer
Condemned and Possessed (1967)
Movie
Writer
Mademoiselle (1966)
Movie
Writer
Deathwatch (1966)
Movie
Writer
The Balcony (1963)
Movie
1
Writer
The Maids (1962)
Movie
Writer
Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl (1956)
Movie
Prisoner in Duo Fantasy
Song of Love (1954)
Movie
1
Self
Disorder (1950)
Movie
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Information
Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1910-12-19
Deathday1986-04-15 (75 years old)
Birth NameJean Genet
Birth PlaceParis, France
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsGrand prix national des Lettres
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